Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

What it means

Hamlet tells his old friends that Denmark is a prison to him, though not to them. Much of our experience is shaped by judgment. Change the view and you change the weight.

The source

"Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Shakespeare said it in Hamlet 2.2. Written in English: Complete Works, Project Gutenberg #100.

"there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so"

Original English (Complete Works, Project Gutenberg #100), Hamlet 2.2. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Shakespeare (1564–1616). The playwright and poet of Stratford and the Globe. His characters still say the things we feel and cannot put into words.

Questions

What does "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." mean?

Hamlet tells his old friends that Denmark is a prison to him, though not to them. Much of our experience is shaped by judgment. Change the view and you change the weight.

Who said "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so."?

Shakespeare (1564–1616). Source: Hamlet 2.2.

What is the original wording?

there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so (Original English (Complete Works, Project Gutenberg #100)). Written in English: Complete Works, Project Gutenberg #100.

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