Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400)

English author, philosopher , diplomat and poet

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• And ther is so gret diversite
  In Englissh and in writyng of oure tonge,
  So prey I God that non myswrite the,
  Ne the mysmetre for defaute of tonge;
  And red wherso thow be, or elles songe,
  That thow be understonde, God I biseche!
  • Troilus, verses 1786-98, 1382-5?

• The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne
  • The Parliament of Fowls, 1382

• "Time and tide wait for no man" --
  • (Unconfimed, could be an English medieval saying)