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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWe little know the things for which we pray.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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In love there is but little rest.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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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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