The brain may devise laws for the blood meaning
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Author
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice, or Otherwise Called the Jew of Venice
Date
1600
Metaphor
"The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree"
Metaphor in Context
PORTIA
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. 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.
I hope this will help you
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
The Comical History of the Merchant of Venice, or Otherwise Called the Jew of Venice
Date
1600
Metaphor
"The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree"
Metaphor in Context
PORTIA
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. 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.
I hope this will help you
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the brain may devise laws for blood ;but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree:
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