“Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?”
Stanisław Leszczyński (1677–1766) king of Poland
No. 56.
Maxims and Moral Sentences
“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.”
Portia, Act I, scene ii.
The Merchant of Venice (1596–7)
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