Chaucer quote #1

The quote that I've chosen comes early on in this section of reading. In the "persoun's" section, the line reads on page 21, "That if gold ruste, what sholde iren do?" (500). This line made me pause because I had never heard this saying before and I had to do some thinking to figure it out. The next two lines read "For if a preest be foule, on whom we truste/ No wonder is a lewed man to ruste!" (501-502).

This quote was interesting to me simply because it made me think and has a nice ring to it. Now that I understand it, the message is pretty cool, too.

me, contemplating this quote

*quick edit: I just read something that said this quote may have been from "the gospel" and Chaucer just used it--either way it's super interesting to me!!