I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERCertain, 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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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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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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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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