Mean Shakespeare Quotes

Tag: Tragedies

September 29

Shame Spiral

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

—Macbeth,
Act III, Scene ii
September 28

Unrequited

‘Tis the strumpet’s plague
To beguile many and be beguiled by one:
He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain
From the excess of laughter.

—Othello,
Act IV, Scene i
September 27

Dirtbag

Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.

—Timon of Athens,
Act IV, Scene iii
September 26

News Cycle

Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery:
nothing else holds fashion.

—Troilus and Cressida,
Act V, Scene ii
September 25

Resentment

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

—Coriolanus,
Act IV, Scene ii
September 22

Concealer

The harlot’s cheek, beautied with plastering art,
Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
Than is my deed to my most painted word

–Hamlet,
Act III, Scene i
September 18

Give Them an Inch

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

—Timon of Athens,
Act III, Scene vi