famous Hamlet quotes
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
- Polonius, scene iii.Act i
Give me that man
That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him
In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart,
- HAMLET,ACT III scene I
Go, bid the soldiers shoot.
- Fortinbras, scene ii.Act V
God's bodykins, man, much better: use every man
after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?
Use them after your own honour and dignity: the less
they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.
Take them in.
- HAMLET,ACT III scene I
Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off,
And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.
Do not for ever with thy vailed lids
Seek for thy noble father in the dust:
Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage,
Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly: these indeed seem,
For they are actions that a man might play:
But I have that within which passeth show;
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
- QUEEN GERTRUDE,Act I. scene II
Have I, my lord? I assure my good liege,
I hold my duty, as I hold my soul,
- LORD POLONIUS,ACT II scene II
He that plays the king shall be welcome; his majesty
shall have tribute of me; the adventurous knight
shall use his foil and target; the lover shall not
sigh gratis; the humourous man shall end his part
in peace; the clown shall make those laugh whose
lungs are tickled o' the sere; and the lady shall
say her mind freely, or the blank verse shall halt
for't. What players are they?
- HAMLET,ACT II scene II
He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again.
- HAMLET,Act I. scene II
Hear you sir;
What is the reason that you use me thus?
I lov'd you ever: but it is no matter.
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.
- Hamlet, scene i.Act V
Hear you, sir;
What is the reason that you use me thus?
I loved you ever: but it is no matter;
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew and dog will have his day.
- HAMLET,ACT V scene I
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