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… the morn in russet mantle clad
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[Horatio – 1.1]"morning is breaking beyond that hill in the east"Says this to Marcellus and it was after they see the ghost and they decides to tell Hamlet
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A little more than kin and less than kind
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[Hamlet – 1.2]"Too many family ties there for me."Hamlet's first line, he says this when Claudius gives his big speech to the kingdom
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… Frailty, thy name is woman
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[Hamlet – 1.2]"Oh women! You are so weak!"Says this in his first soliloquy where he's incredibly upset about his fathers death and uncle/mothers marriage
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This above all: to thine own self be true
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[Polonius – 1.3]"And, above all, be true to yourself"Says this to Laertes before he leaves to france
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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
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[Marcellus – 1.4]"it means that something is rotten in the state of Denmark"He says this after they tell Hamlet about his fathers ghost and Hamlet sees his father ghost for the first time
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy
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[Hamlet – 1.5]"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than you’ve even dreamed of"Hamlet says this to Horatio after he talks to his father and in the scene makes making him swear to keep the secret about his father and plans
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… Brevity is the soul of wit
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[Polonius – 2.2]"the essence of wisdom is not talking too much"Polonius says this in is conversation with the king about how he thinks hamlet's crazy and in love with his daughter
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Leave her to heaven
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[Ghost – 1.5]"Leave her to God and her own guilt"He says this to Hamlet when he tells him of his murder and his plan of revenge
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Though this be madness, yet there is method in‘t
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[Polonius – 2.2]"There’s a method to his madness"He says this to Hamlet when he's trying to see what's wrong with him
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… There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so
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[Polonius – 2.2]"Nothing is really good or bad in itself—it’s all what a person thinks about it"He says this in his conversation with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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What a piece of work is a man…
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[Hamlet – 2.2]"What a perfect invention a human is"He says this in his conversation with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern when they're trying to find out whats wrong with him
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O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!
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[Hamlet – 2.2]"Oh, what a mean low-life I am!"Hamlet says this as an aside after Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Polonius and the players leave
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What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba
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[Hamlet – 2.2]"What is Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, that he would weep for her"He says this in his conversation with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king
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[Hamlet – 2.2]"The play’s the thing to uncover the conscience of the king"He says this when he's done plotting his plan to catch the king in his guilt using the play
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To be or not to be - that is the question
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[Hamlet – 3.1]"The question is: is it better to be alive or dead?"
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