“He loved chivalrye, Trouthe and honour, freedom and curteisye.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343-1400), Canterbury Tales
Chivalrye
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The only sonnet I know by heart
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Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth,Foul’d by these rebel powers that thee array,Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth,Painting thy outward walls so costly gay?Why so large cost, having so short a lease,Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend?Shall worms, inheritors of this excess,Eat up thy charge? Is this thy body’s end?Then soul, live thou upon thy servant’s loss,And let that pine...
A Prayer
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All-Knowing Zeus,Give me what is best for me,Avert evil from me, though it be the thing I prayed for;And give me the good which from ignorance I do not ask.
Favorite Quotes
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“Busy hands are happy hands.” — Grandma Swanstrom (1901-1979) “It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.” — Epictetus (c55-c135), Discourses, ii, 17. “If you would be a good reader, read; if a writer, write.” — Epictetus (c55-c135), Discourses, ii, 18. “Never lick a gift horse in the mouth.” — Brian Reedy...