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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:41
AUTHOR:Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere,
Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.
ATTRIBUTION:Canterbury Tales. The Manciples Tale. Line 17281.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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