And she was fair as is the rose in May.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHow potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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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In love there is but little rest.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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