One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERDeath is the end of every worldly pain.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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