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• In his owen grese I made him frie. -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Reves Tale, Line 6069
• The gretest clerkes ben not the wisest men.
  -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Reves Tale, Line 4051...
• The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere, Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.
  -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Manciples Tale, Line 17281...
• Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be, That may both werken wel and hastily.
  This wol be done at leisure parfitly....
• Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely
  And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe....
• Yet in our ashen cold is fire yreken.
  -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Reves Prologue, Line 3880...
• He coude songes make, and wel endite.
  -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 95...
• To maken vertue of necessite. -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Knightes Tale, Line 3044
• And brought of mighty ale a large quart.
  -- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Milleres Tale, Line 3497...