Chaucer's Tales and other works

The famous Chaucer phrase 'The guilty think all talk is of themselves' is often quoted, but rarely properly attributed to its source...

The phrase "There is no newe guise, but it was old" is from the Wife of Bath's tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury ...

The well-known phrase 'Ful wys is he that kan himselven knowe' was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in his most famous work, The Canterbu...

The phrase 'With empty hand men may no hawkes lure' is from the Prologue to The Wife of Bath's tale in Chaucer's Canterbury ...

The phrase 'Amor vincit omnia' appears in Geoffrey Chaucer's most famous work The Canterbury Tales and concerns the Prioress who...