"Time and tide wait for no man" is one of the oldest proverbs in the English language. But the word "tide" in the proverb does not mean the ebb and flow of the ocean; it is used in the proverb in its ...

In 1395, English author and poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, known for writing The Canterbury Tales, The Knight’s Tale, and many other books and poems, and was dubbed by some, The Father of English Literature, ...