The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLove will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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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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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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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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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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In love there is but little rest.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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