How we cite our quotes: (Line number)
Quote #7
But though myself be gilty in that synne,
Yet kan I maken oother folk to twynne
From avarice, and soore to repente. (143 – 145)
It's tempting to see the Pardoner's ability to inspire true shame and repentance in others without ever once being affected by these feelings himself as evidence that he's totally hard-hearted and unredeemable. Do you think he sees his "confession" of his greed as a kind of penitence? Does he care about his own immortal soul?
Quote #8
I wol noon of the apostles countrefete;
I wol have moneie, wolle, chese, and whete. (161 – 162)
The life of the apostles was precisely the one a traveling preacher like the Pardoner was supposed to be imitating; it was this lifestyle that provided the historical precedent for his own. He even mocks the ascetic lives of the apostles—no basket weaving for him (some of the apostles made baskets to earn money for their preaching).
Quote #9
For though myself be a ful vicious man,
A moral tale yet I you telle kan. (173 – 174)
It's clear where the Pardoner comes down on the medieval controversy over whether a morally bankrupt preacher could teach morality in spite of his shortcomings: he can, even if he's totally evil. See our "Character Analysis" of the Pardoner to see what some scholars think he meant by describing himself as "ful vicious."