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Quotation from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

“To make a virtue of necessity”

Geoffrey Chaucer (spoken by Theseus)

The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale (Purves edition, Project Gutenberg #2383 (spelling partly modernized))

Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer

Theseus's closing speech on accepting the order set by the First Mover.

Citation: "To make a virtue of necessity" — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale (Purves edition, Project Gutenberg #2383 (spelling partly modernized)). (id the-canterbury-tales-q9)

Portrait: Chaucer ellesmere, Unknown, Public domain.

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