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
soul literature body
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
may literature workmen
There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
imagination people literature
People can die of mere imagination.
may dice literature
Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune's throw?
heart literature whole
I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold.
endure literature lust profit
For profit would I all his lust endure
cloak knife
The smiler with the knife under the cloak
english-poet
We little know the things for which we pray.
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
wise
Ful wys is he that can himselven knowe! (Very wise is he that can know himself.)
full wise
Full wise is he that can him selven knowe
al gold herd
But al thyng which shineth as the gold Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told
Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.
english-poet fresh month
He was as fresh as is the month of May.