Patience is a conquering virtue.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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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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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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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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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