Fortune is a shadow upon a wall.
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No-wher so bisy a man as he ther nas And yet he semed bisier than he was.Geoffrey Chaucer
Of alle the floures in the mede, Than love I most these floures whyte and rede, Swiche as men callen daysies in our toun. .... Til that myn herte dye. .... That wel by reson men hit calle may The 'dayesye' or elles the 'ye of day,' The emperice and flour of floures alle. I pray to god that faire mot she falle, And alle that loven floures, for hir sake.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
Geoffrey Chaucer
O mercy, dere herte, and help me from
The deeth, for I, whyl that my lyf may laste,
More than my-self wol love yow to my laste.
Geoffrey Chaucer
People can die of mere imagination.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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