William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"This is the very ecstasy of love."
Important Hamlet quotes
Important Hamlet
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William Shakespeare
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"[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief."
William Shakespeare
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"From this time forth My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"
William Shakespeare
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"Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that."
William Shakespeare
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"Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake."
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"To persevere In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief."
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"You cannot, sir, take from me any thing that I will more willingly part withal: except my life, except my life, except my life."
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"Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me."
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"Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear t that th' opposed may beware of thee."
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