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'By nature, men love newfangledness.'

'Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.'

'Love is blind.'

'The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.'

'Time and tide wait for no man.'

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http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm Biography
http://geoffreychaucer.org/ A Guide
http://www.information-britain.co.uk/hoteltowns.cfm?town=Canterb Canterbury
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There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going - J B Priestley
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