Time and tide wait for no man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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All good things must come to an end.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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