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Quotation from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

“That if gold ruste, what should iron do”

Geoffrey Chaucer (spoken by Narrator)

The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, the Parson (Purves edition, Project Gutenberg #2383 (spelling partly modernized))

Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer

The Parson's proverb: if the priest is corrupt, how can the people stay sound?

Citation: "That if gold ruste, what should iron do" — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, the Parson (Purves edition, Project Gutenberg #2383 (spelling partly modernized)). (id the-canterbury-tales-q7)

Portrait: Chaucer ellesmere, Unknown, Public domain.

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