Quote by William Shakespeare
True, I talk of dreams,Which are the children of an idle brain,Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,Which is as thin of substance as the air,And more inconstant than the wind, who woos Even now the frozen bosom of the north,And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence,Turning his side to the dew-dropping south.
Summary
This quote is spoken by Mercutio in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio is expressing his skepticism towards dreams and their origins. He describes them as products of an idle mind, born out of nothing but empty imagination. He portrays dreams as insubstantial as air and as fickle as the wind, which can swiftly change its direction. Mercutio's words illustrate his disdain for the fanciful nature of dreams and his preference for logic and reality.