You “gotta be tuff” in this world so don’t be afraid to use these Shakespearean insults:
Against individuals (e.g., say you’ve been kidnapped in Iran and you want to insult President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad): “A fool, a coward…, an ass, a madman” (Measure for Measure)
Against mankind : “A foul and pestilent congregation of vapours…” (Hamlet)
Against the IRS: “A knot you are of damned blood suckers.” (Richard III)
Against Democrats and Republicans: “A plague on both your houses.” (Romeo and Juliet)
Against people shorter than you: “Away, you three-inch fool.” (Taming of the Shrew)
Against Bush: “And in his brain … is as dry as the remainder of a biscuit after a voyage…” (Antony and Cleopatra)
Against Michael Chertoff: “As loathesome as a toad.” (Titus Andronicus)
Against Ted Kennedy: “A villain with a smiling cheek, a goodly apple rotten at the heart (Merchant of Venice)
Against Nancy Pelosi: “A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch, uncapable of pity, void and empty from any dram of mercy.” Merchant of Venice
Against Paris Hilton: “her beauty and brain go not toegther.” (Cymbeline)
The collected Shakesperean quotes themselves come from this great site.
