Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

British poet

Lived from: 1340 - 1400

Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

  • Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.

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  • There's never a new fashion but it's old.
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  • Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.
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  • First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
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  • He was as fresh as is the month of May.
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  • Love is blind.
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  • Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.
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  • People can die of mere imagination.
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  • The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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  • Time and tide wait for no man.
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  • We know little of the things for which we pray.
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What are the most famous quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer?

The two most famous quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer are:

  • "There's never a new fashion but it's old."
  • "Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse."

When did Geoffrey Chaucer live?

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in 1340 and died in the year 1400.