Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400)
“I do not choose to stuff with chaff and straw
My lengthy tale, I rather seek the corn.”
- From The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer (The Man of Law’s Tale), translated by Nevill Coghill (Penguin Classics, 2003).
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400)
“I do not choose to stuff with chaff and straw
My lengthy tale, I rather seek the corn.”