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, once wrote a proverb, which has been quoted many times since he wrote/said it. It read, “Time and Tide wait for no man.” It was included in the Canterbury Tales, specifically Clerk’s Tale, and a variation of the quote was even used in a version of Charles Dickens’s, A Christmas Carol. Translations of the quoted line have included, “If you don’t make use of a favorable ...