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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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 love there is but little rest.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Many small make a great.
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