38. Geoffrey Chaucer. c. 1340-1400. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	38
AUTHOR:	Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:	Full wise is he that can himselven knowe. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Canterbury Tales. The Monkes Tale. Line 1449.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Thales was asked what was very difficult; he said, “To know one’s self.”—Diogenes Laertius: Thales, ix.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.
Alexander Pope: Epistle ii. line 1. [back]

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