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First he wrought, and afterwards he taught.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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Alas, alas, that ever love was sin! I ever followed natural inclination Under the power of my constellation And was unable to deny, in truth, My chamber of Venus to a likely youth.
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Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Thou shalt make castels thanne in Spayne And dreme of joye, all but in vayne.
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Murder will out, this my conclusion.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Ther is no newe gyse that it nas old.
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Min be the travaille, and thin be the glorie.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I'll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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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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. . . 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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The bisy larke, messager of day.
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The smylere with the knyf under the cloke.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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