To be or not to be is not the question;

The question is, to live or not to live.

Alive or dead or only vegetating,

One thing is sure, we cannot help but being.

To live! to be alive; to live intensely!

To live with every fibre of the frame,

With every sinew, every nerve and muscle;

To live like this, or not to live at all.

But we are cowards, we are fools and misers,

Afraid to live—afraid to pay the price—