Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare on Christmas
1564–1616 England
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The course of true love never did run smooth.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
King Lear (1605)
If music be the food of love, play on.
Twelfth Night (1601)
He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health, a boy's love, or a whore's oath.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have.
I hold it cowardice
To rest mistrustful where a noble heart
Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of love.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
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.
Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass,
But still remember what the Lord hath done.
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)
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
Attribution
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