Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
William Shakespeare on Wedding
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)
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.
Romeo and Juliet (1597)
Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.
A heaven on earth I have won by wooing thee.
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.
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