What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHow potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Many small make a great.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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