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" For certain, the goods of Nature are either the goods of the body or the goods of the soul. Truly, the goods of the body are health, strength, agility, beauty, noble birth, and autonomy. The goods of the soul are intelligence, deep understanding, subtle ingenuity, natural virtue, and good memory. The goods of Fortune are riches, high degree of Lordship, and the acclaim of the people. The goods of Grace are wisdom, the capacity to suffer spiritual travail, generosity, virtuous contemplation, the ability to withstand temptation, and other similar things. And, of all these aforesaid goods, it is certainly a great folly for a man to be prideful of any of them. "

Geoffrey Chaucer , The Canterbury Tales


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Geoffrey Chaucer quote : For certain, the goods of Nature are either the goods of the body or the goods of the soul. Truly, the goods of the body are health, strength, agility, beauty, noble birth, and autonomy. The goods of the soul are intelligence, deep understanding, subtle ingenuity, natural virtue, and good memory. The goods of Fortune are riches, high degree of Lordship, and the acclaim of the people. The goods of Grace are wisdom, the capacity to suffer spiritual travail, generosity, virtuous contemplation, the ability to withstand temptation, and other similar things. And, of all these aforesaid goods, it is certainly a great folly for a man to be prideful of any of them.