A biography for Geoffrey Chaucerhasn’t been written yet.
“First he wrought, and afterward he taught.”
“Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.”
“The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.”
“you will not be master of my body & my property”
“He was as fresh as is the month of May.”
“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.”
“Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.”
“By nature, men love newfangledness.”
“Time and tide wait for no man.”