John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
1488 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| 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] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |