People can die of mere imagination.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERForbid us something, and that thing we desire.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Many small make a great.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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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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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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