Geoffrey Chaucer is credited with coining this phrase. It initially occurs in the English author's work, Troilus and Criseyde, but in a somewhat different form than we are accustomed to seeing today. This poem, written in the 1300s in Middle English, depicts the tragic story of two lovers in the ancient city of Troy. One night before they are to be married, Criseyde learns from an angel that her husband-to-be is actually the son of Priam, king of Troy. Hurt and betrayed, she takes her own life. Chaucer used this same-sounding line as part of a quotation attributed to Alexander the Great. In his work On the Art of War, Aristotle wrote, "All things end." When translated into English, this line appears in the 16th century and is often misattributed to other famous people such as Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and Michelangelo. This is not the only time Geoffrey Chaucer has been called out for plagiarism. In addition to using parts of other people's works without attribution, he has also been accused of copying language and ideas directly from the Bible. Although some of his contemporaries praised him for writing "divine" poetry, others were less kind. One critic called Chaucer a "plagiary," which means "one who steals the words or ideas of another to describe something about himself or his friends."