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
art mean sleep
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
brother politics dear
And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
good-woman canterbury-tales canterbury
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
bee men thee
Seeke out ye goode in everie man, and speke of alle the beste ye can; then wil alle men speke wel of thee and say how kynde of hearte ye bee
endure literature lust profit
For profit would I all his lust endure
craft sharp
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, the' assay so hard, so sharp the conqueryinge