Shakespeare Love Quotes

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 18

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, 3:1

Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs.

Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes.

Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears.

What is it else? a madness most discreet,

A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet, 1:1

They do not love that do not show their love.

William Shakespeare

Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1:2

The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1:2

If music be the food of love, play on.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, 1:1

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,

And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1:1

Is love a tender thing? it is too rough,

Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet, 1:4

Hear my soul speak:

The very instant that I saw you, did

My heart fly to your service.

William Shakespeare

The Tempest, 3:1

Love is like a child,

That longs for everything it can come by.

William Shakespeare

Two Gentlemen of Verona, 3:1