Chaucer I confess is a rough diamond and must be polished e'er he shines.

John Dryden
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  1. I am sore wounded but not slain I will lay me down and bleed a while And then rise up to fight again

  2. But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.

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  5. For you may palm upon us new for old: All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold.

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