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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Men love newfangleness.
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In love there is but little rest.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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Love 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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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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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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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