Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThat field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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In love there is but little rest.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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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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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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