Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit Book

The sharpest stings ever to snap from the tip of an English-speaking tongue are here at hand, ready to be directed at the knaves, villains, and coxcombs of the reader's choice. Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 examples of Shakespeare's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference, along with an index of topical scorn appropriate to particular characters and occasions. Line art.

"He has not so much brain as ear wax" (Troilus and Cressida). What can one say to the croaking ravens, whoreson jacknapes, shallow jesters, and dull and muddy-mottled rascals of the world? Culled from 38 plays, here are the best 5,000 of the bard's glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance, with helpful act and line numbers for easy reference.