...guten Absichten und deren Ausführung referiert Portia bereits bei ihrem ersten Auftreten in I.ii: "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...easier teach twenty what were good to be done than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching. "(I.ii 12-17) Angesichts der Diskrepanz zwischen...

...yourself good while life and power are still yours. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 4, 17 (2nd century) 11 If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...is a good divine that follows his own instructions. William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 1, ii, 11-13 (c. 1596-8) 12 There is no man so good, who,...

...hardest hit It's when things seem worst that You Mustn't Quit. From Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice": If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. In religion, what damned error, but some sober brow will...

...what she is doing, had these candid words in her brief self-characterization in her very first scene: "it is a good divine that follows his own instructions,...be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching" (1.2.14-17). Is she not now, in her imposturous appearance in the courtroom, with her soul-subduing...

...others, simply lack the energy, commitment, or moral imagination to do what they know should be done: "It is a good divine that follows his own instructions:...be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching" (Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene II). Yet conditions are changing and something greater is now at...