Polonius Quotes

• Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

  William Shakespeare

  Leadership, Inspiration, Men

  William Shakespeare, Robert Hapgood (1999). “Hamlet”, p.125, Cambridge University Press

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• Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By the mass, and ‘tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale.

  William Shakespeare

  Clouds, Whales, Camels

  'hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [400]

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• POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, words.

  William Shakespeare

  Lord, Hamlet 2

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [195]

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• Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Noses, Messengers

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.253, BookCaps Study Guides

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• To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Graduation, Honesty

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Lord Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Lord Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Matter, Lord

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.171, BookCaps Study Guides

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• There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [259]

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• This above all; to thine own self be true.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Graduation

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• I will be brief. Your noble son is mad.

  William Shakespeare

  Son, Mad, Noble

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.840

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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

  Soul, Important Hamlet, Limbs

  William Shakespeare, Roma Gill (2002). “Hamlet”, p.44, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

  William Shakespeare

  Language Words, Heaven, Hamlet And Ophelia

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 3, l. 97

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• Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Money, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Tis in my memory lock'd, And you yourself shall keep the key of it.

  William Shakespeare

  Life, Memories, Keys

  William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.221

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• There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

  William Shakespeare

  Dream, Spiritual, Philosophy

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 166

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• But to my mind, though I am native here, And to the manner born, it is a custom, More honored in the breach than the observance.

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Denmark In Hamlet, Hamlet And Ophelia

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 4, l. 14

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• The apparel oft proclaims the man.

  William Shakespeare

  Fashion, Men, Clothes

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.

  William Shakespeare

  Halloween, Math, Insanity

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [211]

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• Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Real Friends, Adoption

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

  William Shakespeare

  Women, Memorable, Important

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [242]

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• From this time forth
  My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!

  William Shakespeare

  Hamlet And Ophelia, Hamlet Revenge, Important Hamlet

  William Shakespeare, Robert Hapgood (1999). “Hamlet”, p.14, Cambridge University Press

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• Will you walk out of the air, my lord? HAMLET Into my grave.

  William Shakespeare

  Air, Lord, Graves

  Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.683, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent--sweet, not lasting; The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.

  William Shakespeare

  Sweet, Hamlet And Ophelia, Violet

  William Shakespeare (2001). “Hamlet”, p.60, Classic Books Company

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• I do know when the blood burns, how prodigal the soul lends the tongue vows.

  William Shakespeare

  Blood, Soul, Promise

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 115

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• Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Voice, Giving

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 58

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• You speak like a green girl / unsifted in such perilous circumstances.

  William Shakespeare

  Girl, Hamlet And Ophelia, Green

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. 101

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