Cliches from Shakespeare

Hamlet

This above all; to thine own self be true.
-Polonius

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
-Polonius

To be or not to be; that is the question.
-Hamlet

Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
-Horatio

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
-Marcellus

Angels and ministers of grace, defend us!
-Hamlet

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
-Gertrude

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, that are dreamt of in your philosophy.
-Hamlet

Brevity is the soul of wit.
-Polonius

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

Julius Caesar

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
-Marc Antony

Cry "havoc" and let slip the dogs of war.
-Marc Antony

Et tu, Brute?
-Caesar

It was Greek to me.
-Casca

Richard III

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!
-Richard

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious...
-Richard

Henry IV

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
-Henry

The better part of valor is discretion.
-Falstaff

Henry V

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!
-Henry

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...
-Henry

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
-Juliet

That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.
-Juliet

A plague o' both your houses!
-Mercutio

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