| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 31 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 13401400) |
| QUOTATION: | Loke who that is most vertuous alway, Prive and apert, and most entendeth ay To do the gentil dedes that he can, And take him for the gretest gentilman. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Canterbury Tales. The Wif of Bathes Tale. Line 6695. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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