Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Tag: Histories

  • December 2

    Dirty Devotion

    I love thee better than I love e’er a scurvy young boy of
    them all.

    —Henry IV Part 2,
    Act II, Scene iv

  • November 27

    More Hair Than Wit

    She hath more hair than wit, and more faults
    than hairs, and more wealth than faults…
    Stop there. I’ll have her.

    —Two Gentlemen of Verona,
    Act III, Scene i

  • November 26

    November 26

    Downfall Vultures

    Let [him] frantic triumph for a while
    And like a peacock sweep along his tail;
    We’ll pull his plumes and take away his train.

    —Henry VI Part 1,
    Act III,  Scene iii

  • November 23

    Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold

    If heaven have any grievous plague in store
    Exceeding those that I can wish upon thee,
    O, let them keep it till thy sins be ripe,
    And then hurl down their indignation.

    —Richard III,
    Act I, Scene iii

  • November 18

    The Worm Turns

    The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.

    –Henry VI, Part 3,
    Act II Scene ii

  • November 17

    November 17

    Smoke to Fire

    One sin, I know, another doth provoke;
    Murder’s as near to lust as flame to smoke.

    –Pericles,
    Act I Scene i

  • November 16

    November 16

    Soggy

    There’s no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune.

    –Henry IV Part 1,
    Act III, Scene iii