Posted by Christopher on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 12:23pm.
If you use something someone else has said, then you must put it in quotation marks.
For instance, a cliche is "a stitch in time saves nine". I have no idea who the person was who said that first, but it is commonly used. You may use it in a poem or piece of writing in quotes.
"to be, or not to be, that is the question,"
was used in a poem
is that okay?
Yes, that is not a cliche, but so long as you use quotes around it, you are fine.
That particular quotation is from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
http://www.artofeurope.com/shakespeare/sha8.htm
Act 3, scene 1, lines 58+
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