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Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
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Geoffrey Chaucer: Quotes

  • Betrayal
    The smiler with the knife under the cloak.Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
  • Crime
    Murder will out, certain, it will not fail.Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
  • Haste
    There's no workman, whatsoever he be,
    That may both work well and hastily.
    Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
  • Novelty
    By nature, men love newfangledness.Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
  • Teachers and Teaching
    And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach.Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
  • The Forbidden
    Forbid us [some] thing, and that [thing] we desire.Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales