For seint Paul seith that al that writen is,
To our doctrine it is ywrite, ywis;
Taketh the fruyt, and lat the chaf be stile.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Saint Paul has written that we should take the fruit and let the chaff be still, the Nun’s Priest says. This is a reminder of the tale’s lesson of moral accountability, to take only truth and sincerity, and leave lies and flattery.