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Nowhere so busy a man as he there was And yet he seemed busier than he was.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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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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Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.
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With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
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Pitee renneth soone in gentil herte.
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The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
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The bisy larke, messager of day.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe.
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All good things must come to an end.
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For tyme ylost may nought recovered be.
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This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro.
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