Tragedies – Page 7 – Mean Shakespeare Quotes

November 10

The Original

Villain, I have done thy mother.

–Titus Andronicus,
Act IV, Scene ii

November 5

Double Down

…When we in our viciousness grow hard—
O misery on’t!—the wise gods seel our eyes;
In our own filth drop our clear judgments; make us
Adore our errors; laugh at’s, while we strut
To our confusion.

–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act III, Scene xiii

November 3

The World Is Full of Knaves

There needs no ghost, my lord, come from the grave
To tell us this.

–Hamlet,
Act I, Scene v

November 2

Mistress of Hellsgate

You, mistress,
That have the office opposite to Saint Peter,
And keep the gate of hell!

–Othello,
Act IV, Scene ii

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

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