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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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For tyme y-lost may not recovered be.
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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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To keep demands as much skill as to win.
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There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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