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If no love is, O God, what fele I so? And if love is, what thing and which is he? If love be good, from whennes cometh my woo? If it be wikke, a wonder thynketh me
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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First he wrought, and afterwards he taught.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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People can die of mere imagination.
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Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.
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One shouldn't be too inquisitive in life Either about God's secrets or one's wife.
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Ther is no newe gyse that it nas old.
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For many a pasty have you robbed of blood, And many a Jack of Dover have you sold That has been heated twice and twice grown cold. From many a pilgrim have you had Christ's curse, For of your parsley they yet fare the worse, Which they have eaten with your stubble goose For in your shop full many a fly is loose.
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To keep demands as much skill as to win.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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