<P> "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from the c. 1600 play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, where it is spoken by Queen Gertrude in response to the insincere overacting of a character in the play within a play created by Prince Hamlet to prove his uncle's guilt in the murder of his father, the King of Denmark . </P> <P> The phrase is used in everyday speech to indicate doubt in someone's sincerity . A common misquotation places methinks first, as in "methinks the lady doth protest too much". </P>

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