William Shakespeare To be, or not to be

William Shakespeare To be, or not to be (from Hamlet 3, 1) To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish d. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there s the rub; ...