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Min be the travaille, and thin be the glorie.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Died: 1400
Died: October 25
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One shouldn't be too inquisitive in life Either about God's secrets or one's wife.
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To keep demands as much skill as to win.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Ther is no newe gyse that it nas old.
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