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Geoffrey Chaucer

 

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1342-1400)

“Beware, my son, and listen patiently,
For twenty thousand men have lost their lives
For wrangling with their lovers and their wives.”

  • From The Canterbury Tales (The Summoner’s Tale) by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill (Penguin Classics, 2003).

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