Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Sources

Some quotations may be presented as freestanding selections, beyond the context of their original play; those with more significant disparity are indicated with a caret (^) in the citation.

Cross, Wilbur and Tucker Brooke, eds. The Yale Shakespeare: The Complete Works. Barnes and Noble, 2005.

George Mason University. Open Source Shakespeare. 2003-2025. http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org. Created by Eric Johnson.

Folger Shakespeare Library. “All Shakespeare’s Works.” Folger Shakespeare Library. 1996-2025. https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/all-works/.

MIT. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. 1993-2003. https://shakespeare.mit.edu/. Created by Jeremy Hylton.

NoSweat Digital Ltd. No Sweat Shakespeare. 2004–2022. https://nosweatshakespeare.com. Created by Ralph and Ed Goldswain.

Pressley, J.M. Shakespeare Resource Center. 1997-2025. https://www.bardweb.net/index.html.

Poetry in Translation, Ltd. Poetry In Translation: Anthology of Shakespeare Quotations. 2000-2024. https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/English/ShakespeareQuotations.php. Created by A.S. Kline.

Royal Shakespeare Company. Royal Shakespeare Company: Shakespeare’s Plays. 2025. http://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare/themes/famous-quotes.

r/Shakespeare. Reddit, www.reddit.com/r/Shakespeare/. Selected threads, dated 2012-2025. Accessed 2025.

Wright, William Aldis, ed. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, with a preface by Christopher Morley, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1936. Trade edition: Garden City Publishing.

*Some phrasing and brainstorming assistance was provided by ChatGPT (OpenAI, GPT-5 mini), and images were generated with the AI Image Generator plugin (WordPress.com). All headings, excerpts, image prompts, and final content choices were made by the author.