“Love moderately. Long love doth so.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

*Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.”

—  William Shakespeare , book Romeo and Juliet

Source: Romeo and Juliet

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English playwright and poet 1564–1616

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