The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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“To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
— William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
By William Shakespeare • Renaissance Tragedy & Existential Reflection
Shakespeare's supreme dramatic meditation on mortality, conscience, action, and the mysteries of the human mind.
“To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
“What cannot be eschewed must be embraced”
“What light through yonder window breaks?”
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
“A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!”
“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”
“To be or not to be, that is the question.”
“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”
“Of one that lov'd not wisely but too well.”
“Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the dogs of war.”
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”
“I am a man,More sinn'd against than sinning.”
“English Translation: "I give to my wife my second best bed with the furniture."Original (Old English): "I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture”
“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.”
“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
“Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments.”
“And it will discourse most eloquent music.”
“Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature.”
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
“And all my mother came into mine eyes And gave me up to tears.”
“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety...”
“As testy sick men when their deaths be near, No news but health from their physicians know.”
“The rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music.”