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So astute was he in his buying and selling, and in his borrowings, that no one knew if he was in debt. - Geoffrey Chaucer
" "So astute was he in his buying and selling, and in his borrowings, that no one knew if he was in debt.
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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. Chaucer is most famous as the author of The Canterbury Tales. He is sometimes credited with being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin.
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