In love there is but little rest.
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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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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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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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