But al for noght, I sette noght an hawe
Of his proverbes n’ of his olde sawe,
Ne I wolde nat of hym corrected be.
I hate hym that my vices telleth me,
And so doo mo, God woot, of us than I.
This made hym with me wood al outrely;
I nolde noght forbere hym in no cas.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue. Husband Jankin reads Alison sayings from the Bible criticizing wives who go wandering about, but the Wife of Bath says she couldn’t give a hawthorn berry for his proverbs. She hates anyone who tells her her vices and will not be corrected by him. It makes him furious that she will not yield to him in any way!