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Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience, That neither by hir wordes ne hir face Biforn the folk, ne eek in her absence, Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence.
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The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne. Th' assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge, The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne Al this mene I be love... For out of olde feldes, as men seith, Cometh al this new corn fro yeer to yere And out of olde bokes, in good feith, Cometh al this newe science that men lere.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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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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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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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Murder will out, this my conclusion.
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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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The smylere with the knyf under the cloke.
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First he wrought, and afterwards he taught.
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