Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime and tide wait for no man.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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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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Men love newfangleness.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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