Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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