[lit-ideas] Re: a tricky quote to pin down
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 04 Jun 2004 13:20:02 PDT
I wrote, just a moment ago:
>Can't find this phrase in the works of WS anywhere. Am off to renew my passport
and then to the Bodleian.<
And that was true; however:
That doth not smack of observation;
And so am I, whether I smack or no;
And not alone in habit and device,
Exterior form, outward accoutrement,
But from the inward motion to deliver
Sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the age's tooth:
Which, *though I will not practise to deceive*,
Yet, to avoid deceit, I mean to learn;
For it shall strew the footsteps of my rising.
[King John I, i]
Practise makes perfect.
Robert Paul
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