Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: All Mean Quotes

October 2

Inferior

God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.

–Merchant of Venice,
Act I, Scene ii
October 1

Precarious

O, how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favours!

–Henry VIII,
Act III, Scene ii
September 30

Fool’s Fancy

He that cherishes my flesh and blood
loves my flesh and blood; he that loves my
flesh and blood is my friend:
ergo, he that kisses my wife is my friend.

—All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act I, Scene iii
September 29

Shame Spiral

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

—Macbeth,
Act III, Scene ii
September 28

Unrequited

‘Tis the strumpet’s plague
To beguile many and be beguiled by one:
He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain
From the excess of laughter.

—Othello,
Act IV, Scene i
September 27

Dirtbag

Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.

—Timon of Athens,
Act IV, Scene iii
September 26

News Cycle

Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery:
nothing else holds fashion.

—Troilus and Cressida,
Act V, Scene ii