Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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DU BARTAS.  1544-1590.

(From his "Divine Weekes and Workes," translated by J. Sylvester.)

The world 's a stage[780:2] where God's omnipotence,

His justice, knowledge, love, and providence

Do act the parts.

First Week, First Day.

And reads, though running,[780:3] all these needful motions.

First Week, First Day.

Mercy and justice, marching cheek by joule.

First Week, First Day.