In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBut manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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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