To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them.

"To be or not to be, that is the question.Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortuneOr to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them?" -- From Hamlet (III, i, 56-61) more

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