Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Tag: Comedies

September 3

Weak and Willful

Come, come, you froward and unable worms!

–Taming of the Shrew,
Act V, Scene ii
September 2

You Can’t Keep Up

Sir, if you spend word for word with me, I shall
make your wit bankrupt.

–Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act II, Scene iv
August 31

Back Atcha

The villany you teach me, I will execute,
and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.

–The Merchant of Venice,
Act III, Scene i
August 28

It’s Not That Kind of Joke, But It Could Be

Away, you three-inch fool!

–Taming of the Shrew,
Act IV, Scene i
August 22

Geography Lesson

No longer from head to foot than from hip to hip:
she is spherical, like a globe; I could find out countries in her.

-The Comedy of Errors,
Act III, Scene ii
August 20

Accidental Virtues

Though I am not naturally honest,
I am so sometimes by chance.

-The Winter’s Tale,
Act IV, Scene iii
August 19

Stupid Human Tricks

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

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