Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Tag: Tragedies

October 29

Pickle

The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

–Coriolanus
Act V, Scene iv
October 26

Whipped

Take but good note, and you shall see in him
The triple pillar of the world transform’d
Into a strumpet’s fool: behold and see.

–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act I, Scene i
October 18

Misery

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.

—Macbeth,
Act V, Scene v
October 15

Tarnish

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt.

–Cymbeline,
Act III Scene vi
October 13

Go…

Thyself upon thyself!

–Troilus and Cressida,
Act II, Scene iii
October 7

Inflammatory

Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle
in my corrupted blood… But I’ll not chide thee.

-King Lear,
Act II, Scene ii
October 4

Wrath

Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,
Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.

–Titus Andronicus,
Act II, Scene ii