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Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
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At the ches with me she (Fortune) gan to pleye With her false draughts (pieces) dyvers/She staal on me, and took away my fers. And when I sawgh my fers awaye, Allas! I kouthe no lenger playe.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Murder will out, this my conclusion.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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What's said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Men sholde nat knowe of Goddes pryvetee Ye, blessed be alwey, a lewed man That noght but oonly his believe kan! So ferde another clerk with astromye, He walked in the feelds, for to prye Upon the sterres, what ther sholde bifalle, Til he was in a marle-pit yfalle.
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And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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That of all the floures in the mede, Thanne love I most these floures white and rede, Suche as men callen daysyes in her toune.
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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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There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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
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The bisy larke, messager of day.
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