Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBy 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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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Many small make a great.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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In love there is but little rest.
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