Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Tag: Comedies

  • 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

    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 20

    September 20

    Fear of Commitment

    Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

    —Twelfth Night,
    Act I, Scene v

  • September 19

    September 19

    Turnabout

    When I said I would die a bachelor,
    I did not think I should live till I were married.

    —Much Ado About Nothing,
    Act II, Scene iii

  • September 12

    September 12

    Bed-Hopper

    She’s a bed-swerver, even as bad as those
    That vulgars give bold’st titles.

    -A Winter’s Tale,
    Act II, Scene i

  • September 9

    September 9

    Illicit

    Of what quality was your love, then? 
    …Like a fair house built on another man’s ground.

    -Merry Wives of Windsor,
    Act II, Scene ii

  • September 4

    September 4

    Hyperbole

    Marry, his kisses are Judas’s own children.

    -As You Like It,
    Act III, Scene iv