Foundational
Love loving not itself none other can.
–Richard II,
Act V, Scene iii
Category: Advice and Wisdom
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October 19
Qualified
I do not seek to quench your love’s hot fire,
But qualify the fire’s extreme rage,
Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason.-Two Gentlemen of Verona,
Act II, Scene vii -
October 13
Speak Your Love
Unloose thy long-imprison’d thoughts,
And let thy tongue be equal with thy heart.-Henry VI Part 2,
Act V, Scene i -
October 9
Realistic
This is the monstruosity in love… that the will
is infinite and the execution confined, that the
desire is boundless and the act a slave to limit.-Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene ii -
September 12
Temperance
O love,
Be moderate; allay thy ecstasy,
In measure rein thy joy; scant this excess.
I feel too much thy blessing: make it less,
For fear I surfeit.-Merchant of Venice,
Act III, Scene ii -
June 28
Love Wins
What though the rose have prickles, yet ’tis pluck’d:
Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,
Yet love breaks through and picks them all at last.–Venus and Adonis
Shakespeare Love Quotes 