...the same thought in The Merchant of Venice, when one of his characters says, "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces." That this weakness of human nature is of long standing makes it particularly...

...have seen, See what I see! [Hamlet III i 160] Pupil shares teacher's frustration If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, Chapels had been churches, And poor men's cottages princes' palaces. [Merchant Of Venice I ii 1 1 ] / shall th 'effect of this good lesson...

...passed into familiar and daily application, with all the force of proverbs. If to do, were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of...

...most famous heroine, Portia, speaks to Nerissa in this scene; the speech begins "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces." 31 James Baldwin also admired Shakespeare's efforts "to defeat all...

...judgment and behave improperly. As Portia observes in The Merchant of Venice, "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages prince's palaces. . . . I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than to...

...„Moralpredigt" und hält ihre eigene Moral auf witzige Art und Weise dagegen. ("If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces, ..." I, 2, 12- 14) Die beiden kommen auch auf die bisherigen Bewerber...

...nothing. Good statements and well delivered. They would be better if well followed. If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages would have been princes' palaces. It is a good clergyman that follows his own instructions....