出自《哈姆雷特》第三幕第一场此段的全文如下:HAMLETTobe,ornottobe:thatisthequestion,Whether'tisnoblerinthemindtosufferTheslingsandarrowsofoutrageousfortune,Ortotakearmsagainstaseaoftroubles,Andbyopposingendthem.Todie,tosleep;Nomore;andbyasleeptosayweendTheheartache,andthethousandnaturalshocksThatfleshisheirto,'tisaconsummationDevoutlytobewished.Todie,tosleep.Tosleep,perchancetodream:ay,there'stherub;ForinthatsleepofdeathwhatdreamsmaycomeWhenwehaveshuffledoffthismortalcoil,Mustgiveuspause.There'stherespectThatmakescalamityofsolonglife;Forwhowouldbearthewhipsandscornsoftime,Th'oppressor'swrong,theproudman'scontumely,Thepangsofdespisedlove,thelaw'sdelay,Theinsolenceofoffice,andthespurnsThatpatientmeritofth'unworthytakes,WhenhehimselfmighthisquietusmakeWithabarebodkin?Whowouldfardelsbear,Togruntandsweatunderawearylife,Butthatthedreadofsomethingafterdeath,TheundiscoveredcountryfromwhosebournNotravellerreturns,puzzlesthewill,AndmakesusratherbearthoseillswehaveThanflytoothersthatweknownotof?Thusconsciencedoesmakecowardsofusall,AndthusthenativehueofresolutionIssickliedo'erwiththepalecastofthought,AndenterprisesofgreatpitchandmomentWiththisregardtheircurrentsturnawryAndlosethenameofaction.编辑本段译文生存还是毁灭,这是个值得考虑的问题:默然忍受命运暴虐的毒箭,或是挺身反抗人世无涯的苦难,通过斗争把他们扫清,这两种行为,哪一种更高贵?死了,睡着了,什么都完了。倘若在这一种睡眠之中,我们心头的创痛,以及其他无数血肉之躯所不能避免的打击,都可以从此消失,这正是我们求之不得的结局。死了,睡着了,睡着了也许还会做梦。嗯,阻碍就在这:因为当我们摆脱了这一具腐朽的皮囊以后,在那死的睡眠里,究竟将要做些什么梦,那不能不使我们踌躇顾虑。人们甘心久困于患难之中,也就是为了这个缘故。谁愿意忍受人世的鞭挞和讥嘲、压迫者的凌辱、傲慢者的冷眼、被轻蔑的爱情的惨痛、法律的迁延、官吏的横暴和费尽辛勤所换来的小人的鄙视,要是他只用一柄小小的刀子,就可以清算他自己的一生?谁愿意负着这样的重担,在烦劳的生命的压迫下呻吟流汗,倘若不是因为惧怕不可知的死后,惧怕那从来不曾有一个旅人回来过的神秘之国,是它迷惑了我们的意志,使我们宁愿忍受目前的折磨,不敢向我们所不知道的痛苦飞去?这样,重重的顾虑使我们全变成了懦夫,决心的炽热的光彩,被审慎的思维盖上了一层灰色,伟大的事业在这一种考虑下,也会逆流而退,失去了行动的意义。----《哈姆雷特》(英-莎士比亚)中的经典独白