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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
Astrologer
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London
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
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The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
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Ful wys is he that kan hymselven knowe.
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Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Murder will out, this my conclusion.
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He that loveth God will do diligence to please God by his works, and abandon himself, with all his might, well for to do.
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Min be the travaille, and thin be the glorie.
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Ther is no newe gyse that it nas old.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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