Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: Dark & Bitter

October 18

Misery

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.

—Macbeth,
Act V, Scene v
October 16

Shame

Blush, Blush, thou lump of foul deformity;
For ’tis thy presence that exhales this blood
From cold and empty veins.

–Richard III,
Act I, Scene ii
October 15

Tarnish

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt.

–Cymbeline,
Act III Scene vi
October 6

Taunt

And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus.
Stamp, rave, and fret, that I may sing and dance.

-Henry VI Part 3,
Act I, Scene iv
October 4

Wrath

Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,
Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.

–Titus Andronicus,
Act II, Scene ii
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