Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“But age, allas that al wol envenime,
Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith—
Lat go, farewel, the devel go therwith!
The flour is goon, ther is namore to telle:”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Jalous he was, and heeld hire narwe in cage,
For she was wilde and yong, and he was old,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Experience, though noon auctoritee
Were in this world, were right ynogh to me
To speke of wo that is in mariage.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)