The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer

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She loved right from the first sight

She loved right from the first sight

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

Love is blind.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

We know little of the things for which we pray.

We know little of the things for which we pray.

Murder will out, this my conclusion.

Murder will out, this my conclusion.

By nature, men love newfangledness.

By nature, men love newfangledness.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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,...

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.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

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...

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...

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

As it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of...

As it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of...

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and...

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and...