Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“He yaf me al the bridel in myn hand,
To han the governance of hous and land,
And of his tonge and his hand also;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Povert is hateful good, and, as I gesse,
A ful greet bringer out of bisiness;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“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)