Peter Wildeblood (1923–1999) British writer
Against the Law (1955), p. 1
“Purity in body and heart
May please some--as for me, I make no boast.
For, as you know, no master of a household
Has all of his utensils made of gold;
Some are wood, and yet they are of use.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer, book The Canterbury Tales
Source: The Canterbury Tales
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