Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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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.
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Many small make a great.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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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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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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