Hamlet Quotes by William Shakespeare

“They say an old man is twice a child”

— William Shakespeare

Will you walk out of the air, my lord? HAMLET Into my grave.

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“O, woe is me, To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!”

— William Shakespeare

“We are arrant knaves all, believe none of us.”

— William Shakespeare

“O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there!”

— William Shakespeare

“More grief to hide than hate to utter love. Polonius, Hamlet.”

— William Shakespeare

“Mother, you have my father much offended.”

— William Shakespeare

“My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules.”

— William Shakespeare

O,speak to me no more;these words like daggers enter my ears.(a fancy way of saying SHUT UP!)" — William Shakespeare "hamlet

— William Shakespeare

Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off ... Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in…

— William Shakespeare

Polonius: Do you know me, my lord? Hamlet: Excellent well. You are a fishmonger.

— William Shakespeare

“Is this a prologue or a posy of a ring? Ophelia: Tis brief, my lord Hamlet: As woman's love.”

— William Shakespeare

“such wanton, wild, and usual slips/ As are companions noted and most known/ To youth and liberty.”

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“My lord, I will take my leave of you. Hamlet: You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly…

— William Shakespeare

“Mad I call it, for to define true madness, what is't to be nothing else but mad?”

— William Shakespeare

“For us and for our tragedy, Here stooping to your clemency, We beg your hearing patiently. HAMLET: Is this a prologue or…

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“What is he whose grief Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of sorrow Conjures the wand'ring stars, and makes them stand Like…

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“To die, - To sleep, - To sleep! Perchance to dream: - ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death…

— William Shakespeare

“Lady, shall I lie in your lap? Ophelia: No, my lord. Hamlet: DId you think I meant country matters? Ophelia: I think…

— William Shakespeare

Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other…

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Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between…

— William Shakespeare

ROSENCRANTZ My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. HAMLET The body is…

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HAMLET [...] we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean…

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“I will receive it sir with all diligence of spirit. Put your bonnet to his right use, 'tis for the head. OSRIC…

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“My lord, the queen would speak with you, and presently. HAMLET Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a…

— William Shakespeare

“And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be…

— William Shakespeare

Cannot you tell that? Every fool can tell that. It was the very day that young Hamlet was born, he that is…

— William Shakespeare

“When Rosencrantz asks Hamlet, "Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper? You do surely bar the door upon your own…

— William Shakespeare

“There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray, love, remember; and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts... There’s fennel for you, and columbines; there’s…

— William Shakespeare

Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death the memory be green.

— William Shakespeare

“What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, words.”

— William Shakespeare

“I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft.”

— William Shakespeare

POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, words.

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“But I have that within which passes show. these but the trappings and the suits of woe”

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“Our son shall win. QUEEN-He is fat and scant of breath. Here Hamlet, Wipe thy brow.”

— William Shakespeare

“I will be brief: your noble son is mad: Mad call I it; for, to define true madness, What is't but to…

— William Shakespeare

“She’s so conjunctive to my life and soul That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, I could not but…

— William Shakespeare

Hamlet: Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring? Ophelia: 'Tis brief, my lord. Hamlet: As woman's love.

— William Shakespeare