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What a piece of work is man!


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Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.

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There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.



There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.



Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.

Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia, And therefore I forbid my tears.




The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.

The Play's the Thing, wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King.



A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.

A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.



To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.





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