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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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Murder will out, this my conclusion.
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Men sholde nat knowe of Goddes pryvetee Ye, blessed be alwey, a lewed man That noght but oonly his believe kan! So ferde another clerk with astromye, He walked in the feelds, for to prye Upon the sterres, what ther sholde bifalle, Til he was in a marle-pit yfalle.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
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A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that course and learn out of my school For thus the wise may profit by the fool, And edge his wit, and grow more keen and wary, For wisdom shines opposed to its contrary.
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I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold.
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Ther is no newe gyse that it nas old.
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Soun is noght but air ybroken, And every speche that is spoken, Loud or privee, foul or fair, In his substaunce is but air For as flaumbe is but lighted smoke, Right so soun is air ybroke.
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