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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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Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.
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For tyme ylost may nought recovered be.
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'My lige lady, generally,' quod he, 'Wommen desyren to have sovereyntee As well over hir housbond as hir love.'
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Min be the travaille, and thin be the glorie.
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Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.
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Nowhere so busy a man as he there was And yet he seemed busier than he was.
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Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
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The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
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Thou shalt make castels thanne in Spayne And dreme of joye, all but in vayne.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold.
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