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Quotation from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
“O that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew”
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1524, modern spelling)
Hamlet's first soliloquy expresses grief and disgust at his mother's remarriage, and his wish that God had not forbidden self-slaughter.
Citation: "O that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew" — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1524, modern spelling). (id hamlet-q1)
Portrait: Hamlet Q1 Frontispiece 1603, William Shakespeare, Public domain.
