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Geoffrey Chaucer Quote - But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.

But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Gold Iron One Liner Rust Worth
That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Eyes Field Nature Wood
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Better Goodness Knowledge Wisdom Woman
Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Age Chastity Dirty Old Powerful
Make a virtue of necessity.
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Necessary One Liner Virtue
Men love newfangleness.
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Love Man One Liner
He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Courtesy Freedom Love Truth
Time and tide wait for no man.
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Advice Man One Liner Time Wait
For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Book Faith Field Goodness Learning Man Old Science
Abstinence is approved of God.
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Approve God One Liner
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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Acceptance Himself Hope Hurt Poor Poverty Rich True
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.
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Alcohol Fall Flower Pierce Power Season
And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Alone Brother Himself Politics
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Desire Mercy
The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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End Fate Handsome Nature Oneself
My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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Argument Himself Home Learning Man Place Small Space
In the stars is written the death of every man.
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Death Man Stars Writing
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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Complain Endurance Learning Oneself Word
In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Authority Desire Husband Lover Position Rule Woman
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Fingers Gold Honesty One Liner
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Comedy Joke One Liner Talk True Word
Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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God Gratitude Look Thankful
The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Alive Ear Eyes Field Forest Nature
How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Death Imagination Impression People
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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Born Death Empty Flow Life Myself
One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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Flesh Grief Happiness Heart Myself
But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Believe God Himself Obey Teaching

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