Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: Quote of the Day

October 27

Just Because You Could

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Make deeds ill done!…
And thou, to be endeared to a king,
Made it no conscience to destroy a prince.

–King John,
Act IV, Scene ii
October 26

Whipped

Take but good note, and you shall see in him
The triple pillar of the world transform’d
Into a strumpet’s fool: behold and see.

–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act I, Scene i
October 25

Get Off the Internet

I scorn thee and thy fashion, peevish boy.

–Henry VI Part 1,
Act II, Scene iv
October 24

Get Off Me

Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! vile thing, let loose,
Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent!

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act III, Scene ii
October 23

Harsh World

…this is no world
To play with mammets and to tilt with lips:
We must have bloody noses and crack’d crowns,
And pass them current too.

–Henry IV Part 1,
Act II, Scene iii
October 22

Spoiled

Take her back again:
Give not this rotten orange to your friend…

—Much Ado About Nothing,
Act IV, Scene i
October 21

Warning

If I be waspish, best beware my sting.

–Taming of the Shrew,
Act II, Scene i