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

Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer

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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 greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time and tide wait for no man.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves.

By nature, men love newfangledness.

By nature, men love newfangledness.

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

The guilty think all talk is of themselves

She loved right from the first sight

She loved right from the first sight

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

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

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,...

People can die of mere imagination.

People can die of mere imagination.

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

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

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

And she was fair as is the rose in May.

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...

We know little of the things for which we pray.

We know little of the things for which we pray.

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.

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.

Murder will out, this my conclusion

Murder will out, this my conclusion

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's...

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's...

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.

One must never set up a murder. They must happen unexpectedlly, as in life.