Hamlet Quotes Test Flashcards
“I will speak daggers to her, but use none.”
Hamlet
“Neither a borrower not a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend. And borrowing drills the edge of husbandry.”
Polonius
“O what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!….the glass of fashion and the mould of form.”
Ophelia
“More matter, less art.”
Queen Gertrude
“O what a rogue and pleasant slave I am!”
Hamlet
“Get thee to a nunnery! Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?”
Hanlet
“Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”
Ophelia
“O speak to me no more! These words, like daggers, enter in mine ears. No more. Sweet Hamlet!”
Queen Gertrude
“I’ll have grounds more relative than this. The plays the thing. Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.”
Hanlet
“Madness in great one must not unwatched go.”
Claudius
“Though this be madness, yet there is a method in it.”
Polonius
“Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool farewell.”
Hamlet
“O heat, dry up my brains! Tears seven times salt burn out the sense and virtue of mine eyes! By heaven, thy madness shall be paid by weight till our turn the beam.”
Laertes
“Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince. And flights of angels sing to thy rest!”
Horatio
“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, as I do thee.”
Hanlet
