Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Category: Creative Insults

  • Which Is Worse?

    Which is Worse?

    I hate thee,
    Pronounce thee a gross lout, a mindless slave,
    Or else a hovering temporizer, that
    Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil,
    Inclining to them both:

    –The Winter’s Tale,
    Act I, Scene ii

  • Painted Maypole

    Painted Maypole

    How low am I, thou painted maypole? speak;
    How low am I? I am not yet so low
    But that my nails can reach unto thine eyes.

    –Midsummer Night’s Dream,
    Act II, Scene ii

  • Red Faced

    Red-Faced

    Put thy face between his sheets, and
    do the office of a warming-pan.

    –Henry V,
    Act II, Scene i

  • Danger Dog

    Danger Dog

    Take heed of yonder dog!
    Look, when he fawns, he bites; and when he bites,
    His venom tooth will rankle to the death:
    Have not to do with him, beware of him.

    –Richard III,
    Act I, Scene iii

  • Night Crawler

    Night Crawler

    One that converses more
    with the buttock of the night
    than with the forehead of the morning.

    –Coriolanus,
    Act II, Scene i

  • Cold

    Cold

    …a man whose blood is very snow-broth.

    –Measure for Measure,
    Act I, Scene iv

  • Call and Response

    Call and Response

    Thou art a villain…

    You are—a senator.

    –Othello,
    Act I, Scene i