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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 447 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | Ye been oure lord, dooth with youre owene thyngRight as yow list. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | GEOFFREY CHAUCER, “Clerk’s Tale,” lines 652–53, The Canterbury Tales, p. 108 (1957). An early version of “Do your own thing.” |
| SUBJECTS: | Doing |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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