He yaf me al the bridel in myn hand, To han the governance of hous and land, And of his tonge and his hand also;
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I wol bistowe the flour of al myn age In th'actes and in fruit of mariage.
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For I am shave as neigh as any frere. But yit I praye unto youre curteisye: Beeth hevy again, or elles moot I die.
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Experience, though noon auctoritee Were in this world, were right ynogh to me To speke of wo that is in mariage.
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There was the murdered corpse, in covert laid, And violent death in thousand shapes displayed;...
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So hath your beaute fro your herte chaced
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I wolde no lenger in the bed abide If that I felte his arm over my side,...
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Where can ye saye in any manere age That hye God defended mariage...
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He was as fresh as is the month of May.
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This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro; Deeth is an ende of every worldly soore.
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Ful wys is he that can himselven knowe (Very wise is he that can know himself.)
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Men may conseile a womman to be oon, But conseiling nis no comandement....
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As estimated, you died. Things marched, sufficient, to that end....
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Education begins at home. You can't blame the school for not putting into your child what you don't put into him.
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Cows when not bred for passivity so that they will go meekly to slaughter.. revert to their acute intelligence, and can live easily in the wild.
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No sensitive person would eat flesh if he or she had to do the skull-breaking, slaughtering, strangling, shooting, blood-letting, skinning and disemboweling, and live in the stench and among the agonised cries of the victims.
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To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.
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The trouble with my wife is that she is a whore in the kitchen and a cook in the bed.
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The publisher is a middleman, he calls the tune to which the whole rest of the trade dances; and he does so because he pays the piper.
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.
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I've been thinking about that old Zen conundrum what's the sound of one hand clapping My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping hands, what's the point The point is that we all need somebody, whether you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is hooked into everybody else.
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Who would've thought such a slight tilt in our earthly axis could make such a big difference in our lives The big wheel keeps on turning and here we are again, looking in the sweet face of darkness.
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When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission, you give someone veto power over your life.
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Music is the vernacular of the human soul.
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In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
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To feel the right emotions is fully as important as to hold the right ideas, and the great service of religion is the development of the right emotions.
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Both parties file a motion to go into judgment; the judge will make a judgment at that time.
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ONE WHO WAITS There are those who believe that time is a wheel turning forever. Which would mean that your moment will surely come. Then, there are those who believe that time is a river. Which, if that's true, it's possible that your moment has already flowed by. ED Which one do you think it is ONE WHO WAITS Ah. I think that time is just time.
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In America, only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.
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