Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: Bitter

September 25

Resentment

Anger’s my meat: I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding.

—Coriolanus,
Act IV, Scene ii
September 22

Concealer

The harlot’s cheek, beautied with plastering art,
Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
Than is my deed to my most painted word

–Hamlet,
Act III, Scene i
September 18

Give Them an Inch

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

—Timon of Athens,
Act III, Scene vi
September 17

Crocodile Tears

Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum;
And he, long traded in it, makes it seem
Like rivers of remorse and innocency.

–King John,
Act IV, Scene iii
September 8

Spin

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

-Richard III,
Act I, Scene iii
September 4

Hyperbole

Marry, his kisses are Judas’s own children.

-As You Like It,
Act III, Scene iv
September 1

Close the Book

Few love to hear the sins they love to act…
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He’s more secure to keep it shut than shown.

-Pericles,
Act I, Scene i