Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Tag: Twelfth Night

  • August 2

    Well, That’s Harsh

    Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

    —Twelfth Night,
    Act I, Scene v

  • July 22

    Twist

    Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.

    –Twelfth Night,
    Act I, Scene v

  • June 9

    Everywhere Folly

    Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun,
    it shines everywhere. 

    –Twelfth Night,
    Act III, Scene i

  • May 12

    Let It Rest

    O time, thou must untangle this, not I. 
    It is too hard a knot for me t’untie.

    –Twelfth Night,
    Act II Scene ii

  • Barbarian

    Barbarian

    Ungracious wretch,
    Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves,
    Where manners ne’er were preach’d! Out of my sight!

    –Twelfth Night,
    Act IV, Scene i

  • Conceited Fool

    Conceited Fool

    An affectioned ass,
    that cons state without book and utters it by great
    swarths: the best persuaded of himself, so
    crammed, as he thinks, with excellencies, that it is
    his grounds of faith that all that look on him love him.

    –Twelfth Night,
    Act II, Scene iii

  • April 3

    Try a Salad

    But I am a great eater of beef,
    and I believe that does harm to my wit. 

    –Twelfth Night,
    Act I, Scene iii