Mercy surpasses justice.
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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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 in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Men love newfangleness.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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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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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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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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