Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; … - Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Catholic Church is the only thing that saves man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there's little but an empty cask.

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