Geoffrey Chaucer
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Geoffrey Chaucer (A.D. 1343–1400) was the father of English literature and the author of The Canterbury Tales. He was the first author to raise vernacular English to the artistic level of French or Latin.
His writings are in Middle English, which is so different from modern English that they are usually read in modern English translation. Here are some of his most famous quotations:
"He was a verray parfit gentil knyght" (Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, line 72).
"His studie was but litel on the Bible" (General Prologue, line 440).
"For gold in phisik is a cordial, / Therfore he lovede gold in special" (General Prologue, line 445-46).
"Nature, the vicaire of thalmighty lorde" ("The Parliament of Fowls", line 379).
