Famous Quotes | It is a good divine that follows...

It is a good divine that follows his own instructions; I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching. - William Shakespeare
Attribution: William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Portia, in The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 2, l. 14-7. Echoing the proverb “practice what you preach.”

Categories: Advice, Dramatist, Proverbs And Maxims, Wisdom

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