Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: Insults

  • February 27

    February 27

    Dumbhead

    Thou halfpenny purse of wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion.

    –Love’s Labour’s Lost,
    Act V, Scene i

  • February 11

    February 11

    Worst Wishes

    But darkness and the gloomy shade of death
    Environ you, till mischief and despair
    Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves!

    –Henry VI Part 1,
    Act V, Scene iv

  • February 10

    February 10

    Unkind

    She is spread of late
    Into a goodly bulk: good time encounter her!

    –Winter’s Tale,
    Act II, Scene i

  • January 31

    January 31

    Stay Away

    His days are foul and his drink dangerous.

    –Timon of Athens,
    Act II, Scene v

  • January 25

    January 25

    Night Crawler

    One that converses more
    with the buttock of the night
    than with the forehead of the morning.

    –Coriolanus,
    Act II, Scene i

  • January 22

    January 22

    Insolent Noisemaker

    You bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!…
    Hang, cur! Hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker!

    –The Tempest,
    Act I, Scene i

  • January 18

    January 18

    Cold

    …a man whose blood is very snow-broth.

    –Measure for Measure,
    Act I, Scene iv