Shakespeare Quote of the Day

Category: Dark Love

  • Famous Rejection

    Famous Rejection

    Get thee to a nunnery:
    why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?

    —Hamlet,
    Act III, Scene i

  • Not for Love

    Not for Love

    Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.

    –As You Like It,
    Act IV, Scene i

  • On the Hunt

    On the Hunt

    When night-dogs run, all sorts of deer are chased.

    –Merry Wives of Windsor,
    Act V, Scene v

  • Meaningless

    Meaningless

    Weigh oath with oath, and you will nothing weigh:
    Your vows to her and me, put in two scales,
    Will even weigh, and both as light as tales.

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

  • Devious

    Devious

    Thou subtle, perjur’d, false, disloyal man!
    Think’st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless,
    To be seduced by thy flattery?

    –Two Gentlemen of Verona,
    Act IV, Scene ii

  • Scoundrel

    Scoundrel

    A trim exploit, a manly enterprise
    To conjure tears up in a poor maid’s eyes
    With your derision! None of noble sort
    Would so offend a virgin, and extort
    A poor soul’s patience, all to make your sport.

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

  • Player

    Player

    I hate not love, but your device in love,
    That lends embracements unto every stranger.

    –Venus and Adonis