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Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro.
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Soun is noght but air ybroken, And every speche that is spoken, Loud or privee, foul or fair, In his substaunce is but air For as flaumbe is but lighted smoke, Right so soun is air ybroke.
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Full wise is he that can himselven knowe.
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