Quotes about Madness in Hamlet
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. – King Claudius
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. – Ophelia
What a noble mind is here o’erthrown! – Ophelia
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. – Theseus (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but applicable to Hamlet)
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
O, that way madness lies! – King Lear
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. – Ophelia
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. – King Claudius
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! – Hamlet
To define true madness, what is’t but to be nothing else but mad? – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
Quotes about Madness in Hamlet part 2
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? – Hamlet
O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown! – Ophelia
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. – Ophelia
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. – Ophelia
What a noble mind is here o’erthrown! – Ophelia
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. – King Claudius
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. – Ophelia
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. – Theseus (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but applicable to Hamlet)
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
O, that way madness lies! – King Lear
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. – Ophelia
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. – King Claudius
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! – Hamlet
To define true madness, what is’t but to be nothing else but mad? – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be. – Ophelia
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! – Hamlet
To define true madness, what is’t but to be nothing else but mad? – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
What a noble mind is here o’erthrown! – Ophelia
There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. – Ophelia
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! – Hamlet
To define true madness, what is’t but to be nothing else but mad? – Polonius
I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw. – Hamlet
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – Polonius
O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown! – Ophelia