I hold it cowardice
To rest mistrustful where a noble heart
Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of love.
William Shakespeare on Anniversary
1564–1616 England
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The end crowns all;
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
Time, that takes survey of all the world,
Must have a stop.
Troilus and Cressida (1602)
Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Othello (1603)
A heaven on earth I have won by wooing thee.
Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides;
Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.
King Lear (1608)
Unkindness may do much;
And his unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love.
Othello (1603)
O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence,
Love takes the meaning in love's conference.
Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung
With feigning voice verses of feigning love.
The instances that second marriage move
Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.
O, then, what graces in my love do dwell,
That he hath turn'd a heaven unto a hell!
Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.
Measure for Measure (1603)
Julius Cæsar (1599)
God, the best maker of all marriages,
Combine your hearts in one.
Henry V (1599)
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.