But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMy 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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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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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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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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