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.
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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People can die of mere imagination.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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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 Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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