Quotes from bookRomeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers.
“You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings
and soar with them above a common bound.”
William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet
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“My only love sprung from my only hate.”
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“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”
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“These violent delights have violent ends.”
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“What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet
Juliet, Act II, scene ii.
Variant: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Source: Romeo and Juliet (1595)
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
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“I must be gone and live, or stay and die.”
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“Under loves heavy burden do I sink.
--Romeo”
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“Women may fall when there's no strength in men.”
William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet, Act II
William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet
Variant: When he shall die,
Take him and cut him out in little stars,
And he will make the face of heaven so fine
That all the world will be in love with night
And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Source: Romeo and Juliet
