The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWe little know the things for which we pray.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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