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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBut Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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In love there is but little rest.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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