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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWhat’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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