John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1542 |
| O day and night, but this is wondrous strange! |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1543 |
| There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1544 |
| Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1545 |
| The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right! |
| Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 5. |
| 1546 |
| The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind, A savageness in unreclaimed blood. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 1547 |
| This is the very ecstasy of love. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 1548 |
| Brevity is the soul of wit. 1 |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1549 |
| More matter, with less art. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1550 |
| That he is mad, ’t is true: ’t is true ’t is pity; And pity ’t is ’t is true. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1551 |
| Find out the cause of this effect, Or rather say, the cause of this defect, For this effect defective comes by cause. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1552 |
| Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1553 |
| To be honest as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1554 |
| Still harping on my daughter. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1555 |
| Pol. What do you read, my lord? Ham. Words, words, words. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1556 |
| They have a plentiful lack of wit. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1557 |
| Though this be madness, yet there is method in ’t. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| 1558 |
| On fortune’s cap we are not the very button. |
| Hamlet. Act ii. Sc. 2. |
| Note 1. A short saying oft contains much wisdom.—Sophocles: Aletes, frag. 99. [back] |