Abstinence is approved of God.
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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Patience 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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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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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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Many small make a great.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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