The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPatience 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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Many small make a great.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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