‘She’s beautiful, and therefore to be wooed She is woman, and therefore to be won’ ‘The stroke of death is as a lovers pinch, Which hurts and is desired’ (Much Ado About Nothing – Act 3, Scene 2) 6. ‘Love goes by haps Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps’ (A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Act 1, Scene 2) 5. ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ (Much Ado About Nothing – Act 2, Scene 1) 4. ‘There’s beggary in love that can be reckoned’ So, from the author who famously wrote ‘never doubt that I love’, here are the all-time top love quotes from William Shakespeare: 1. The 55 Shakespeare love quotes below are taken from his plays only – if we’d looked into Shakespeare’s sonnets or poems we could easily have doubled the list of Shakespeare quotes about love (and may yet do just that!). We have a romantic soul here at NoSweatShakespeare and are pleased to share our favourite William Shakespeare love quotes with you. Most Famous William Shakespeare Love Quotes Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.Like that Shakespearian sonnet you've heard recited over and over again, I'll never get sick of Shakespeare in Love.
If you're a fan of mushy loves stories, silly comedies, fantastic writing, and utterly gorgeous costumes, this movie is for you. But I believe that it's a truly great film that should be appreciated by all. For that reason, many people like to deride Shakespeare in Love as an unworthy winner, or a product of a scheming awards campaign. The film, centered around Shakespeare's writing of his most popular work, Romeo and Juliet, with Viola as his inspiration, was a huge success back and famously beat out long-thought shoe-in Saving Private Ryan to win Best Picture at the Oscars. It's one of the '90s most memorable films, and it's one that I, for one, could watch over and over again. So she pretends to be a man and, through the usual farcical comedy misunderstandings and adventures, she and Shakespeare fall in love - but things turn tragic when it's discovered that Viola must marry a wealthy lord and set sail for the Americas. For those unfamiliar, the Oscar-winning film follows a fictionalized version of William Shakespeare (Fiennes), who falls in love with Viola (Paltrow), a young woman who longs to act on stage in a time when women were forbidden to do so.
I'm talking about 1998, a year when the two aforementioned actors played opposite one another in a delightful little comedy called Shakespeare in Love.
Let's go back to a simpler time, my friends, when Joseph Fiennes wasn't making headlines for playing Michael Jackson, and when Gwyneth Paltrow was best known for her acting roles, not her products on Goop.