"Love will not be constrain'd by mastery. When……" — Geoffrey Chaucer
"Love will not be constrain'd by mastery. When mast'ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free."
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91 Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in…
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk...
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There's never a new fashion but it's old.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be…
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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Recognizes ever and anon The breeze of Nature stirring in his soul.
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Box about: 'twill come to my father anon.
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