As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
William ShakespeareRead
For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul, If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True love brings profound joy and blessings to one's life.
In this quote, Shakespeare expresses how the beauty of a beloved person enriches his life, suggesting that the bond of love and the shared feelings it fosters act as a source of immense joy and blessings. The speaker highlights the importance of emotional connection and shared thoughts in truly experiencing the blessings that love provides.
Themes
LoveBeautyBlessingsSympathyConnection
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be a perfect addition to a wedding speech, celebrating the beauty of love.
More from William Shakespeare
All quotes βLove bears it out even to the edge of doom.
William ShakespeareRead
Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.
William ShakespeareRead
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
William ShakespeareRead
Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!
William ShakespeareRead
Give it an understanding, but no tongue.
William ShakespeareRead
Similar quotes
And I'll tell ya, I'm really enjoying this marriage thing. You think about each other. You care about each other. It's wonderful! Plus, I love saying 'my wife.' Once I started saying it, I couldn't stop - 'my wife' this, 'my wife' that...it's an amazing way to begin a sentence.
Jerry SeinfeldRead
I've learned that you know your husband still loves you when there are two brownies left and he takes the smaller one.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Read
Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For You are a fire ever burning and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills my being.
St. Catherine Of SienaRead
As we arise each morning, let us determine to respond with love and kindness to whatever might come our way.
Thomas S. MonsonRead
The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.
C. S. LewisRead
Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it
Brennan ManningRead