| “frailty, thy name is woman” | Hamlet, sol/mad at mom for marrying so quickly |
| “for the apparel oft proclaims the man” | polonius to laertus/make sure your clothes are quality not flashy because clothes make the man |
| “neither a borrower nor a lender be” | Polonius to laertus/don’t borrow or lend money |
| “to thine own self be true” | polonius to laertus/be true to yourself no matter what |
| “it is a custom more honored in the breach than observance” | hamlet to horatio/its a family tradition not to party |
| “there are more things in heaven and earth, horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” | hamlet to horatio/there are more things on heaven and earth than you’ve ever dreamed of |
| “brevity is the soul of wit” | polonius to Claudius/the essence of wisdom is not talking too much |
| “the devil hath power t’ assume a pleasing shape” | hamlet, sol/if you do something bad its only a matter of time before people find out |
| “the play is the thing wherein i’ll catch the conscience of the king” | hamlet, sol/the play is what ill use to uncover the conscience of the king |
| to be, or not to be: that’s the question” | hamlet, sol/to live or die |
| “thus conscience does make cowards of us all” | hamlet/fear of evils we don’t know is what keeps us from killing ourselves |
| “madness in great ones must not unwatched go” | Claudius to polonius/watch closely when important people start to show signs of insanity |
| “the lady doth protest too much, methinks” | Gertrude to hamlet/the lady objects so much as to lose credibility |
| “words without thoughts never go to heaven” | Claudius/words mean nothing without sincerity |
| “I must be cruel only to be kind” | hamlet to Gertrude/tough love |
| “when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions” | Claudius to Gertrude/when something bad happens a lot of other bad things happen |
| “sweets to the sweet” | Gertrude to Ophelia/ giving flowers to her |
| “the cat will mew, and the dog will have his day” | hamlet at grave/ you cant stop a cat from acting like a cat or a dog from acting like a dog |
| “good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing the to thy rest” | horatio to hamlet |
Hamlet Quotes
September 1, 2019