and, ‘he who despises all, displeases all,’ as the Book say… - Geoffrey Chaucer

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and, ‘he who despises all, displeases all,’ as the Book says.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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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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He hath considered shortly, in a clause
The trespas of hem bothe, and eek the cause,
And althogh that his ire hir gilt accused,
Yet in his resoun he hem bothe excused,
As thus: he thoghte wel that every man
Wol helpe himself in love if that he kan,
And eek delivere himself out of prisoun;

How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.

So astute was he in his buying and selling, and in his borrowings, that no one knew if he was in debt.

and, ‘he who despises all, displeases all,’ as the Book says. - Geoffrey Chaucer

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