1488. William Shakespeare. 1564-1616. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	1488
AUTHOR:	William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:	O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His canon ’gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world!
ATTRIBUTION:	Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2. [text]
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:	William Shakespeare Collection.