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 CHAUCERThere’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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All good things must come to an end.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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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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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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Abstinence is approved of God.
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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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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Men love newfangleness.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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