The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 182
The time is out of joint; O curséd spite,
That ever I was born to set it right!
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. 188
By indirections find directions out.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 1, l. 66
Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced;
No hat upon his head; his stockings fouled,
Ungartered, and down-gyvéd to his ancle.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 1, l. 78
This is the very ecstasy of love.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 1, l. 101
Brevity is the soul of wit.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 90
To define true madness,
What is’t but to be nothing else but mad?
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 93
More matter with less art.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 95
That he is mad, ’tis true; ’tis true ’tis pity;
And pity ’tis ’tis true: a foolish figure;
But farewell it, for I will use no art.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. 97
That’s an ill phrase, a vile phrase; ‘beautified’ is a vile phrase.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [110]
Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [115]
Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy star.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [141]
And he, repulséd,—a short tale to make,—
Fell into a sadness, then into a fast,
Thence to a watch, thence into a weakness,
Thence to a lightness; and by this declension
Into the madness wherein now he raves,
And all we wail for.
‘Hamlet’ (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [146]
Let me be no assistant for a state,