Shakespeare's Insults Quotes

“If you simply must take on whole riots of fools at once, these slurs work in the plural, too.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“The tip of your tongue shows the back of your mind.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“Shakespeare’s insults are a treasure. Choose a richly coloured stone to throw, and, in genuine generosity, make your nemesis feel like somebody.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“People deserve special treatment. But if direct insults do not suit your temperament, we have also supplied an outburst of Shakespearean expletives so you can mutter convincingly under your breath.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“Some crackling bits have acquired nuances unimagined by Shakespeare himself: he launched them on the world, and they have made their own fortunes.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“This book collects the smartest stings ever to snap from the tip of an English-speaking tongue. Go practice. Begin in the mirror.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“Shakespeare gets the last word. He marshals the robust humility that doesn’t mind admitting human indignity. Indeed, he points out frailties with subtlety and power.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“You speak unskilfully: or, if your knowledge be more, it is much darkened in your malice.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit

“[You are] a very superficial, ignorant, unweighing fellow.”
― Wayne F. Hill, Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit