On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote: > Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 09:12:38 +0100 > From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <quotation-ring@gunnar.cc> > Reply-To: quotation-ring-l@gunnar.cc > To: quotation-ring-l@gunnar.cc > Cc: Phuong Nguyen <phuongdnguyen@hotmail.com> > Subject: Something is rotten... > > > Forwarded query: > > > I have this quote "Something is rotten in the State of Denmark" > > Can you please help me, let me know > > Who say it? Hamlet, in Shakespeare's play of the same name. > > Why? Briefly, because it was true. (The action of the play takes place in Denmark.) > > Where does it come from? > > Source for the answer? My own capacious memory. But any book of quotations will tell you the same. ( name of the web sites..something likes it) > > Please let me know the answer as soon as possible. > > Thank you for your helping.... > > Gunnar Stephanie http://www.ecsd.com/~stephani My real address is stephani at ecsd dot com