Hamlet: Will you play upon this pipe?
Guildenstern: My lord, I cannot.
Hamlet: I pray you.
Guildenstern: Believe me, I cannot.
Hamlet: I do beseech you.
Guildenstern: I know no touch of it, my lord.
Hamlet: It is as easy as lying.
Act III, Scene 2: The recorder as sinister prop. I actually think lying is kind of difficult
I was not expecting to find more than one item with this tag. I am pleased to have been mistaken.
ReplyDeleteLying, like playing the recorder, is easy to begin but hard to do well.
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