cucullus non facit monachum
The hood does not make the monk
Notes
William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Scene I, Act V 48
Words
- facis – a bundle, packet
- facies – appearance, aspect, condition, countenance, face, look, visage
- facina – action, bad deed, crime, deed, villainy
- cuculla – cowl
- facile – easily, readily, without difficulty
- non – not
- facio – be of service, help, suffer, suit, to experience, to give permission, to sacrifice