John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
45 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 45 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | For of fortunes sharpe adversite, The worst kind of infortune is this,— A man that hath been in prosperite, And it remember whan it passed is. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Troilus and Creseide. Book iii. Line 1625. |