Quotes "When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew." - Love often happens instantly and wordlessly. Shakespeare captures the silent understanding between two souls. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Love comforteth like sunshine after rain." - Love brings warmth and relief after sorrow. Shakespeare likens the healing power of love to sunlight after a storm. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Cupid is a knavish lad, thus to make poor females mad." - Love’s mischief can drive people crazy. Shakespeare humorously shows how love can cause emotional chaos. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?" - Love at first sight is portrayed as natural and inevitable. Shakespeare suggests that true love often strikes instantly. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Love is merely a madness." - Love often drives people to irrational behavior. Shakespeare acknowledges the madness that love can induce. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "You cannot call it love, for at your age the heyday in the blood is tame." - Youthful passion fades with age. Shakespeare points to the way love’s fiery intensity changes over a lifetime. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love." - Love is rarely fatal, despite romantic exaggerations. Shakespeare playfully mocks the idea of dying for love. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." - Love should be universal, but trust should be selective. Shakespeare offers wise advice on balancing love and caution. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact." - Lovers, dreamers, and poets all share wild imaginations. Shakespeare groups lovers among the creatively mad. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Women may fall when there’s no strength in men." - When men fail to be strong, women may falter too. Shakespeare discusses the interdependence of strength and love. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." - Unrequested love is the purest form of affection. Shakespeare praises love that comes freely without expectation. ― William Shakespeare
Quotes "I’ll follow thee and make a heaven of hell, to die upon the hand I love so well." - Devotion to a beloved can turn even suffering into bliss. Shakespeare portrays love’s power to transform reality. ― William Shakespeare