If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had bee…

William Shakespeare
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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces. ✨ 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [13]
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If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces. ✨ 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [13]

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