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And hitherto doth love on fortune tend, For who not needs shall never lack a friend, And who in want a hollow friend doth try, Directly seasons him his enemy. But, orderly to end where I begun,(200); Our wills and fates do so contrary run; ... QUEEN: The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
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Correct quote: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." - William Shakespeare (Hamlet) This quote comes from Hamlet, Act 3, scene 2, line 254 (line accuracy may differ in varying versions of the play). In this case, "protest" means more of "proclaim" than "argue against".
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Claudius: ...But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son -; Hamlet: [aside] A little more than kin, and less than kind. Claudius: How is it that the clouds still hang on you? Hamlet: Not so my lord; I am too much i' the sun. ... The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
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"Protest Too Much" (you tend not to believe a person because they insist too strongly that something is not true... ) To " protest too much " is to insist so strongly about something not being true that people begin to suspect maybe it is true. ... the Queen speaking: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." (Note:
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In American English, the phrase "the lady doth protest too much" definitely indicates that you think the subject's ardent denial of a proposition is meant ...
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Your Quotations Page ... Email this Quote to a Friend ... The lady doth protest too much, methinks. William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 3 scene 2; Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)
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Karen Selick article--Methinks the Lady Doth Protest Too Much ... Like the boy who cried wolf, Canadian judges have complained so much lately about threats to their judicial independence that it’s getting hard to take them seriously. Judges in Quebec actually protested a few years ago that the loss of free parking...
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But it didn't take us too long to stop ogling, wipe the pixie dust out of our eyes, and start thinking: Barbara, honey, we think you missed the point. OK, OK. ... I want them to have nothing much to apologize for because they do their jobs right."; Helllloooooo -- earth to Barbara. Attitudes like Barbara's are the...
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This is what happens when one writes too many academic essays and has too little sex. ... Okay, so, this part could potentially come off as a shade too cheery considering the previous part. For that I blame tonight's episode (Mark-Derek being BFFs again and Addison looking fabulous?) for said cheeriness.
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