O, then, what graces in my love do dwell,
That he hath turn'd a heaven unto a hell!
William Shakespeare on Wedding
1564–1616 England
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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)
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting.
Henry V (1599)
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.
Sonnets (1609)
Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth, that he cannot endure in his age.
She is not well married that lives married long:
But she's best married that dies married young.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
Should all despair
That have revolted wives, the tenth of mankind
Would hang themselves.
She is a woman, therefore may be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore may be won.
I was not born under a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo in festival terms.
* * * few things loves better
Than to abhor himself.
O ye gods,
Render me worthy of this noble wife!
Julius Cæsar (1599)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.