Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Geoffrey Chaucer quotes about
running lap want
Everybody wants to go to the Super Bowl. Nobody wants to run laps.
cloak knife
The smiler with the knife under the cloak
craft sharp
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, the' assay so hard, so sharp the conqueryinge
english-poet
We little know the things for which we pray.
hath inspired march
Whan that Aprille, with hise shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The
abstinence approved
Abstinence is approved of God.
inspirational-love farewell love-is
For there is one thing I can safely say: that those bound by love must obey each other if they are to keep company long. Love will not be constrained by mastery; when mastery comes, the God of love at once beats his wings, and farewell he is gone. Love is a thing as free as any spirit; women naturally desire liberty, and not to be constrained like slaves; and so do men, if I shall tell the truth.
birthday time men
Time and tide wait for no man.
misty
For I have seyn of a ful misty morwe Folowen ful ofte a myrie someris day.
canterbury-tales middle-english canterbury
And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
conquer virtue canterbury-tales
Patience is a conquering virtue.
walls-have-ears woods fields
That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
foolish young folly
If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
poverty rich poor
He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.