Death is the end of every worldly pain.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERCertain, 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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In love there is but little rest.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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