Quote#Work
What a piece of work is a man!
Quote byWilliam Shakespeare · 1564–1616
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1600–1), Hamlet, Act II, scene ii..
English (original)
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!
— William Shakespeare
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