Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare on Valentine's Day
1564–1616 England
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She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd;
She is a woman, therefore to be won.
Henry VI, Part 1 (1592)
Beauty itself doth of itself persuade
The eyes of men without an orator.
The Rape of Lucrece (1594)
Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
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.
We cannot fight for love, as men may do;
We should be woo’d, and were not made to woo.
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.
I see how thine eye would emulate the diamond: thou hast the right archèd beauty of the brow.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
A heaven on earth I have won by wooing thee.
Nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs,
Losing both beauty and utility.
Henry V (1599)
Unkindness may do much;
And his unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love.
Othello (1603)
O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
Sonnets (1609)
O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence,
Love takes the meaning in love's conference.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Shakespeare (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.