Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Category: Sarcasm & Mockery

November 10

The Original

Villain, I have done thy mother.

–Titus Andronicus,
Act IV, Scene ii
November 9

Get to the Point

Come, you are a tedious fool: to the purpose.

–Measure for Measure,
Act II, Scene i
November 4

Chatterbox

I wonder that you will still be talking…nobody marks you.

–Much Ado About Nothing,
Act I, Scene i
November 3

The World Is Full of Knaves

There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave
To tell us this.

–Hamlet,
Act I, Scene v
November 1

Scabs

What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues,
That, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion,
Make yourselves scabs?

–Coriolanus,
Act I, Scene i
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 22

Spoiled

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

—Much Ado About Nothing,
Act IV, Scene i