Geoffrey Chaucer: "What is better than to sit at ease…"

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有什么比悠闲地坐着听诗人吟唱的最佳诗篇更好的呢

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“The smiler with the knife under the cloak”

Geoffrey Chaucer

“All good things must come to an end”

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