Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany small make a great.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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.
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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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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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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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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Many small make a great.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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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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We little know the things for which we pray.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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