All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Love Quotes

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by...

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

Time is the justice that examines all offenders.

Time is the justice that examines all offenders.

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

If thou remember'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into,...

If thou remember'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into,...

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure

Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure

It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be...

It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be...

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

To be or not to be: that is the question.

To be or not to be: that is the question.

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of...

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of...

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous...

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous...

I wasn't kissing her, I was whispering in her mouth.

I wasn't kissing her, I was whispering in her mouth.

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Never frown, even when you're sad, because you never know when someone is falling in...

Never frown, even when you're sad, because you never know when someone is falling in...