“Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be,
That may bothe werke wel and hastily.”
    
    
    
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                Geoffrey Chaucer
            
        
        
            
                
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            The Merchant's Tale, l. 1832-1833 
The Canterbury Tales
        
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