In the stars is written the death of every man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Men love newfangleness.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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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Abstinence is approved of God.
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