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NZentilin - To Be And Not To Be: Prons And Cons
by NZentilin - (2009-12-15)
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TO BE

 

Cons

“to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”

“For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, the pangs of despised love, the law's delay, the insolence of office, and the spurns that patient merit of th' unworthy takes”

 

“To bear, to grunt and sweat under a weary life”

 

 

If you go on living, you have to face all problems of existence: You can try to fight  against them or you will suffer!

 

 

NOT TO BE

 

Prons

 

“we end  the heartache, and the thousand natural shocks “

 

“'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. “

 

“To die, to sleep”

 

“To sleep--perchance to dream:”

 

“Must give us pause.”

 

 

 

If you die, you will end all problems of existence.

 

 

Cons

 

“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come”

 

“after death,  the undiscovered country, from whose bourn  no traveller returns, puzzles the will “

 

 

 

If you die, you could find new problems: it is very difficult to decide what to do.