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more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio
- A phrase used by the title character in the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare . Hamlet suggests that human knowledge is limited: There are more things in heaven and Earth , Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy [science].
Example Sentences
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy,” Hamlet says to his friend in the Shakespeare tragedy.
As Hamlet would have it, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
What Hamlet said to his school friend could be said to even the greatest minds of every age: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
It involves drawing a line under the discussion by smugly saying that, “There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
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