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Mercutio, Lines 15-29
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Act 3,
Scene 1
Lines 15-29

Mercutio performs a speech from Act 3, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. 

myShakespeare | Romeo and Juliet 3.1 Performance: Mercutio, Lines 15-29

Mercutio

Nay, an there were two such, we should have none shortly,
for one would kill the other. Thou! Why, thou wilt quarrel
with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his
beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel with a man for
cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou
hast hazel eyes. What eye but such an eye would spy out
such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as an
egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten
as addle as an egg for quarreling. Thou hast
quarreled with a man for coughing in the street,
because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain
asleep in the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a
tailor for wearing his new doublet before Easter?
With another, for tying his new shoes with old
ribbon? And yet thou wilt tutor me from quarreling!