more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio

Cultural  

1. 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].

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Example Sentences

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

From Washington Post

“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.

From New York Times

As Hamlet would have it, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

From Washington Post

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.”

From Washington Post

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.”

From The Guardian