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> [But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/but-all-the-wickedness-in-the-world-which-man-may-do-or-think-is-no/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

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## More by William Langland

> [But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/but-all-the-wickedness-in-the-world-which-man-may-do-or-think-is-no/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [Manye chapeleyns arn chaste, ac charite is aweye; Are none hardere than hii whan hii ben avaunced: Unkynde to hire kyn and to alle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/manye-chapeleyns-arn-chaste-ac-charite-is-aweye-are-none-hardere-than/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/like-father-like-son-every-good-tree-maketh-good-fruits/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/there-smites-nothing-so-sharp-nor-smelleth-so-sour-as-shame/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [“And what a tree took away a tree shall restore”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/and-what-a-tree-took-away-a-tree-shall-restore/)

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> [For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,It is in cloistre or in scole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/for-if-hevene-be-on-this-erthe-and-ese-to-any-soule-it-is-in-cloistre/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [First impressions of mediaeval life are usually coloured by the courtly romances of Malory and his later refiners. Chaucer brings us down to reality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/first-impressions-of-mediaeval-life-are-usually-coloured-by-the/)

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> [The Spirit of Justice is the single most important seed Piers planted; if you don't live by its teaching, your chance of salvation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/the-spirit-of-justice-is-the-single-most-important-seed-piers-planted/)

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> [A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene -Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche,Werchynge and wandrynge as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/a-fair-feeld-ful-of-folk-fond-i-ther-bitwene-of-alle-manere-of-men/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [In a somer seson, whan softe was the sonne, I shoop me into shroudes as I a sheep were, In habite an heremite unholy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/in-a-somer-seson-whan-softe-was-the-sonne-i-shoop-me-into-shroudes-as/)

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> [I kan noght parfitly my Paternoster as the preest it syngeth,But I kan rymes of Robyn Hood and Randolf Erl of Chestre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/i-kan-noght-parfitly-my-paternoster-as-the-preest-it-syngeth-but-i/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [Who will bell the cat?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/who-will-bell-the-cat/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [Al the povere peple tho pescoddes fetten; Benes and baken apples thei broghte in hir lappe, Chibolles and chervelles and ripe chiries manye, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/al-the-povere-peple-tho-pescoddes-fetten-benes-and-baken-apples-thei/)

[William Langland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langland/)

> [For hevene myghte nat holden it, so was it hevy of hymself,Til it hadde of the erthe eten his fille.And whan it hadde of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langland/for-hevene-myghte-nat-holden-it-so-was-it-hevy-of-hymself-til-it/)

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