There's method in my madness
What's the origin of the phrase 'There's method in my madness'?
From Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1602. The actual line from the play is 'Though this be madness yet there is method in it'.
From Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1602. The actual line from the play is 'Though this be madness yet there is method in it'.
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