If gold ruste, what shal iren do?
Canterbury Tales
From The Parson's Tale, a proverb applied to the corruption of the clergy, serving as a sharp and unfiltered critique of moral decay among leaders.
c. 1387-1400
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"And yet he was but of litel stature."
Strange & Unusual"For al my wit is wasted on this art."
Controversial"For though the grettest clerkes han it sworen, That ther is no felicitee in mariage, Ne no felicitee but in his lyf, That lyveth out of swich servage."
Controversial"Gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche."
Strange & Unusual"He knew the cause of every maladye, / Were it of hoot, or coold, or moyste, or drye, / And where engendred, and of what humour."
Strange & Unusual