John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | Nowher so besy a man as he ther n’ as, And yet he semed besier than he was. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Canterbury Tales. Prologue. Line 323. |