Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Play ·309 of 348
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow / creeps in this petty pace."
They never said that.
What people say
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow / creeps in this petty pace."
What was actually said
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day." Macbeth — Macbeth, V.v
Why it stuck
The commas matter — they slow the line to match the meaning. Reading it without them, or without "from day to day," strips the weight Shakespeare built in.
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