The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Questions and Answers
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Is this a Shakespeare quote? "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable."
That quote is often attributed to Shakespeare, but it is a misappropriation. There is no record of him saying that or anything similar, but it has the cadence of something he would write. In...
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
From which one of Shakespeare's works does the quote "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable" found?
The reason that you are having difficulty locating this quotation in Shakespeare is that it was not actually taken from Shakespeare, although it is occasionally misattributed to him. The quotation...