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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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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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