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Quotation from Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
“In the worthy Cerimon, who restored Thaisa to life, we are instructed how goodness directed by knowledge, in bestowing benefits upon mankind, approaches to the nature of the gods.”
Tales from Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, closing paragraph (Project Gutenberg text)
The moral drawn at the end of the last tale in the book.
Citation: "In the worthy Cerimon, who restored Thaisa to life, we are instructed how goodness directed by knowledge, in bestowing benefits upon mankind, approaches to the nature of the gods." — Charles and Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, closing paragraph (Project Gutenberg text). (id tales-from-shakespeare-q7)
Portrait: Tales from Shakspeare (1831) title page, William Harvey, Public domain.
