To be, or not to be: that ’twas the question:
Whether ’twas nobler in the mind to suffer
The springs and narrows of outrageous furniture,
Or to push forward against a sea of obstacles,
And by opposing overcome them? To lie: to sleep;
Sleep more; and by sleep to say I end
The body aches and a thousand natural shocks
That I was heir to, ’twas an aggravation
But now, ecstatically in my bed, I lie, to sleep
To sleep: perchance to dream …
Boynton’s Hamlet, Act 8, Scene 11
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