...easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow my own teaching. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together ; our virtues would be proud, if oar...

...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious...

...teach tiventy what were good to be done, than to be one of the twenty to follow my own teaching. 15. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water. 16. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud, if...

...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Rath- Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious...

...now is, nothing. Of his own body he was ill., and gave The clergy ill example. Griff. Noble Madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. ---------- -...-..... This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much...

...they would have done, he obliterated from his memoiy all they had done. He reversed the maxim of " Men's evil manners live in brass — their virtues we write in water," for he dwelt with pleasure upon their good actions, and put an impenetrable veil over their faults....

...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highne^ To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith ; I were malicious...

...prompt you. I have finished my epistle, and — may it please your Majesty. (Signed) PEREGRINE. On " Men's evil manners live in brass : their virtues We...water—" SHAKSPEARE. OF all those errors, to' which, ftom the frailty and weakness of our natures, we are perpetually liable to become subservient, few,...

...stanzas will supply future commentators with a parallel passage to the well-known apothegm in Shakspeare: Men's evil manners live in brass ; their virtues We write in water. On ne ge souvient que du mal; L'ingratitude règne au monde : L'injure se grave en métal, £t le bienfait...

...he is now, nothing. Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example. Grif. Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath. Yes, good Griffith; I were malicious...