In love there is but little rest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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