Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPeople can die of mere imagination.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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