Canterbury Tales

Famous quotes containing the words canterbury and/or tales:

    Thus you are just not because you give what is owed, but because you do what is appropriate to you as the highest good.
    —Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)

    Shall we rest us here,
    And by relating tales of others’ griefs,
    See if ‘twill teach us to forget our own?
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)