Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Coriolanus

  • Scabs

    Scabs

    What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues,
    That, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion,
    Make yourselves scabs?

    –Coriolanus,
    Act I, Scene i

  • Pickle

    Pickle

    The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.

    –Coriolanus
    Act V, Scene iv

  • Resentment

    Resentment

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

    —Coriolanus,
    Act IV, Scene ii

  • Ear Worm

    Ear Worm

    More of your conversation would infect my brain.

    –Coriolanus,
    Act II, Scene i

  • August 3

    Don’t Tone Down

    Why do you wish me milder? Would you have me
    False to my nature? Rather say I play
    The man I am.

    –Coriolanus,
    Act III Scene ii

  • July 2

    Hold Fast

    Let it be virtuous to be obstinate.

    –Coriolanus,
    Act V, Scene iii

  • June 21

    Time Will Tell

    So our virtues
    Lie in the interpretation of the time.

    –Coriolanus,
    Act IV, Scene vii