“Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.”
The Franklin's Tale, l. 11789
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“Men sholde wedden after hir estat,
For youthe and elde is often at debat.”
The Miller's Tale, l. 121-122
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“Right as an aspen lefe she gan to quake.”
Source: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Canterbury Tales, L. 1201
“O little booke, thou art so unconning,
How darst thou put thy-self in prees for drede?”
The Flower and the Leaf, line 59
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The gretest clerkes ben not the wisest men.”
The Reeve's Tale, l. 4051
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General Prologue, l. 1-12
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Prologue of the Legend of Good Women, line 41
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“And yet he had a thomb of gold parde.”
General Prologue, l. 565; referencing the proverb, "Every honest miller has a golden thumb".
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The Parson's Tale, sect. 77
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“Nowher so bisy a man as he ther nas,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.”
About the Sergeant of Law
General Prologue, l. 323-324
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The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse, l. 19–21
Prologue of the Legend of Good Women, line 183
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
General Prologue, l. 733
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“This flour of wifly patience.”
The Clerk's Tale, part v., l. 8797
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“The proverbe saith that many a smale maketh a grate.”
Persones Tale
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Canterbury Tales
“His studie was but litel on the Bible.”
General Prologue, l. 440
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