Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPeople can die of mere imagination.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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In love there is but little rest.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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