Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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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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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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