Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Tag: Histories

  • February 7

    February 7

    Boast Much?

    I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

    …Why, so can I, or so can any man;
    But will they come when you do call for them?

    —Henry IV Part 1,
    Act III, Scene i

  • February 4

    February 4

    Looky Here

    I dare not fight; but I will wink and hold out mine iron:
    it is a simple one; but what though? It will toast cheese.

    –Henry V,
    Act II, Scene i

  • February 3

    February 3

    Bring It, Swamp Tiger

    What! art thou, like the adder, waxen deaf?
    Be poisonous too…

    –Henry VI Part 2,
    Act III, Scene ii

  • January 27

    January 27

    Romantic Collusion

    When my love swears that she is made of truth
    I do believe her, though I know she lies…

    Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
     And in our faults by lies we flatter’d be.

    –Sonnet CXXXVIII (138)

  • January 26

    January 26

    Hell’s Kitchen

    I’ll so maul you and your toasting-iron,
    That you shall think the devil is come from hell.

    –King John,
    Act IV, Scene iii

  • January 24

    January 24

    Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

    Is he a dove? his feathers are but borrowed,
    For he’s disposed as the hateful raven:
    Is he a lamb? his skin is surely lent him,
    For he’s inclined as is the ravenous wolf.
    Who cannot steal a shape that means deceit?

    –Henry VI Part 2,
    Act III, Scene i

  • January 23

    January 23

    Cover Girl

    How courtesy would seem to cover sin,
    When what is done is like an hypocrite,
    The which is good in nothing but in sight!

    –Pericles,
    Act I, Scene i