Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“On the whole, Chaucer impresses us as greater than his reputation, and not a little like Homer and Shakespeare, for he would have held up his head in their company.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A bettre preest I trowe that nowher noon ys.
He waited after no pompe and reverence
Ne maked hym a spiced conscience,
But Cristes loore and his apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folwed it hymselve.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Short was his gowne, with sleves longe and wyde.
Wel koude he sitte on hors and faire ryde.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)