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Ye been oure lord, dooth with youre owene thyng Right as yow list.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no knight.

For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.

For pitee renneth soone in gentil herte.

The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne.

But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.

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