People can die of mere imagination.

Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer

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What is Love? Alright. You know how when you're listening to music from another room,...

What is Love? Alright. You know how when you're listening to music from another room,...

We know little of the things for which we pray.

We know little of the things for which we pray.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

Murder will out, this my conclusion.

Murder will out, this my conclusion.

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make...

Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make...

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

Love is blind.

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient...

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient...

By nature, men love newfangledness.

By nature, men love newfangledness.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time and tide wait for no man.

There's never a new fashion but it's old.

There's never a new fashion but it's old.

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

He was as fresh as is the month of May.

He was as fresh as is the month of May.

Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than...

Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than...

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.

There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.