To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin That makes calamity of so…

Mark Twain
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To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin That makes calamity of so long life. ✨ 1884 The Duke's version of Hamlet's soliloquy, combining elements of other speeches by Hamlet and pieces of Macbeth. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ch.21.
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To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin That makes calamity of so long life. ✨ 1884 The Duke's version of Hamlet's soliloquy, combining elements of other speeches by Hamlet and pieces of Macbeth. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ch.21.

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