43. 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:	43
AUTHOR:	Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)
QUOTATION:	Of harmes two the lesse is for to cheese. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	Troilus and Creseide. Book ii. Line 470.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Of two evils the less is always to be chosen.—Thomas à Kempis: Imitation of Christ, book ii. chap. xii. Richard Hooker: Polity, book v. chap. lxxxi.

Of two evils I have chose the least.—Matthew Prior: Imitation of Horace.

E duobus malis minimum eligendum (Of two evils, the least should be chosen).—Erasmus: Adages. Cicero: De Officiis, iii. 1. [back]

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