The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere,
Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.


The Manciples Tale, l. 17281. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) - Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes

The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere, Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.

The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere, Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.

The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere, Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.

The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere, Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.