As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
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There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote suggests that the world is vast and contains many mysteries beyond human understanding.
In this quote from Shakespeare, the speaker addresses Horatio, implying that human understanding and philosophical reasoning are limited. It highlights the idea that there are countless phenomena and truths in existence that surpass what we can currently conceive or theorize within the confines of our established beliefs and understanding.
Themes
PhilosophyUnderstandingMysteryNatureExistence
In practice
Example use cases
In a philosophical discussion about the limits of human knowledge.
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