Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn 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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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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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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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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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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