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Fie On Possession, But If A Man Be Vertuous Withal.
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Fie on possession,
But if a man be vertuous withal.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400)
-- The Frankeleines Prologue, Line 10998
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Nowher so besy a man as he ther n' as, And yet he semed besier than he was.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 323...
A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- Canterbury Tales, Prologue, Line 287...
And for to see, and eek for to be seie.
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And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
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And of his port as meke as is a mayde.
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And yet he had a thomb of gold parde.
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For gold in phisike is a cordial; Therefore he loved gold in special.
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He coude songes make, and wel endite.
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