The True Meaning of the Phrase ‘More Honoured in the Breach than the Observance’

In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle examines a famous phrase derived from Shakespeare The old line about Hamlet, that it’s ‘too full of quotations’, wittily sums up the play’s influence on not just English literature but on the everyday language we use. Many of us […] The post The True Meaning of the Phrase ‘More Honoured in the Breach than the Observance’ appeared first on Interesting Literature. Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'

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