“But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre.”
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Famous Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
“Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.”
Source: The Canterbury tales
“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”
Source: The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, Notes, and a Glossary by Tho. Tyrwhitt
Source: The Canterbury tales
“Patience is a conquering virtue.”
Source: The Canterbury tales
“The guilty think all talk is of themselves.”
Source: The Canterbury tales
“People can die of mere imagination.”
Source: The Canterbury tales
“First he wrought, and afterwards he taught.”
Source: The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. To which are Added an Essay on His Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse Together with Notes and a Glossary