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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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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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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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