Coriolanus – Mean Shakespeare Quotes

March 23

Teeth and Claws

There is no more mercy
in him than there is milk in a male tiger.

–Coriolanus,
Act V, Scene iv

February 5

Insecure

And here remain with your uncertainty!
Let every feeble rumour shake your hearts!
Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes,
Fan you into despair!

–Coriolanus,
Act I, Scene ii

January 25

Night Crawler

One that converses more
with the buttock of the night
than with the forehead of the morning.

–Coriolanus,
Act II, Scene i

December 27

Odious

You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate
As reek o’ the rotten fens, whose loves I prize
As the dead carcasses of unburied men
That do corrupt my air.

–Coriolanus,
Act III, Scene iii

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 29

Pickle

The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

–Coriolanus
Act V, Scene iv

September 25

Resentment

Anger’s my meat: I sup upon myself,
And so shall starve with feeding.

—Coriolanus,
Act IV, Scene ii