There are few writers who have ever written quite so beautifully and poetically about love as William Shakespeare. His words perfectly describe and express the ephemeral feeling that is so hard to capture. So, to celebrate his 450th birthday today, we’re sharing 10 of his most memorable and romantic Shakespeare quotes to inspire you on your course of love.
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
“Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?”
“Doubt thou the stars are fire. Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar. But never doubt my love.”
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
“If music be the food of love, play on.”
“And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays.”
“Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service.”
“Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.”
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
“They are in the very wrath of love, and they will go together. Clubs cannot part them.”
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