Tag: Comedies

  • October 14

    October 14

    Fair Warning


    I pray you do not fall in love with me,
    For I am falser than vows made in wine;

    Besides, I like you not.

  • October 12

    October 12

    Super Bad


    A most notable coward, an infinite and
    endless liar, an hourly promise breaker,
    the owner of no one good quality.

    –All’s Well That Ends Well,
    Act III, Scene vi

  • October 5

    October 5

    Arch Observation


    Your brows are blacker; yet black brows, they say,
    Become some women best, so that there be not
    Too much hair there, but in a semicircle
    Or a half-moon made with a pen.

    –Winter’s Tale, 
    Act II, Scene i

  • October 2

    October 2

    Inferior


    God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.

    –Merchant of Venice,
    Act I, Scene ii

  • September 30

    September 30

    Fool’s Fancy


    He that cherishes my flesh and blood
    loves my flesh and blood; he that loves my
    flesh and blood is my friend:
    ergo, he that kisses my wife is my friend.

    All’s Well That Ends Well,
    Act I, Scene iii

  • September 24

    September 24

    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

  • September 23

    September 23

    It’s 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