Timely Retort
Marry, sir, you must send the ass upon the horse,
for he is very slow-gaited.
—Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Act III, Scene i
Category: Creative Insults
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September 24
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September 23
All in the Delivery
A message well sympathized;
a horse to be ambassador for an ass.—Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Act III, Scene i -
September 5
Extra
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
–King Lear,
Act II, Scene ii -
August 29
Poisoned Razor
Thy tongue outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
–Cymbeline,
Act III, Scene iv -
August 25
Fizzled
You are as a candle, the better part burnt out.
-Henry IV Part 2,
Act I, Scene ii -
August 8
God-Tier Whiner
Thou art the Mars of malcontents.
–Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act I, Scene iii -
August 7
Background Noise
He was but as the cuckoo is in June,
Heard, not regarded.–Henry IV Part 1,
Act III, Scene ii
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