Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: Bitter

December 14

Suspect Fawning

For flattery is the bellows blows up sin;
The thing which is flatter’d, but a spark,
To which that blast gives heat and stronger glowing;

… He flatters you, makes war upon your life.

–Pericles,
Act I, Scene ii
December 10

Ridiculous

O omnipotent Love!
How near the god drew to the complexion of a goose!

–The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act V, Scene v
December 4

The Company You Keep

Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

–Comedy of Errors,
Act IV, Scene iii
November 25

Reverse Legacy

The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.

—Julius Caesar,
Act III, Scene ii
November 23

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold

If heaven have any grievous plague in store
Exceeding those that I can wish upon thee,
O, let them keep it till thy sins be ripe,
And then hurl down their indignation.

—Richard III,
Act I, Scene iii
November 15

Temptations

The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i’ the blood.

–The Tempest,
Act IV, Scene i
November 7

Exposed

His treasons will sit blushing in his face,
Not able to endure the sight of day,
But self-affrighted tremble at his sin.

–Richard II,
Act III, Scene ii