| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 52792 |
| QUOTATION: | They should be good men, their affairs as righteous,
But all hoods make not monks. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Queen Katherine, in Henry VIII, act 3, sc. 1, l. 23.
Referring to the two Cardinals, Wolsey and Campeius; it was proverbial that a monk’s hood does not guarantee holiness. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shakespeare Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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