Looking for Valentine’s Day quotes? Shakespeare is arguably the most prolific writer of love scenes and love quotes the world has ever seen, so who better to take inspiration from for Valentine’s Day than the man himself? Below we’ve pulled together the most romantic Valentine’s Day quotes from Shakespeare for you to use yourself (with or without attribution, that’s up to you!). Of course, he wrote many more love quotes (in fact we have rather a good piece on Shakespeare love quotes right here if you need even more), but the list below covers the most romantic ones we could find.
So, here’s a list of our 12 favourite Shakespeare love quotes for Valentine’s day:
‘They do not love that do not show their love.’
The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Act 1, Scene 2
‘So long as I can breathe or I can see
so long lives your love which gives life to me.’
Sonnet 18
‘When you depart from me sorrow abides, and happiness takes his leave.’
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 1
‘Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.’
Sonnet 116
‘My bounty is as deep as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.’
Romeo and Juliet – Act 2, Scene 2
‘So they lov’d as love in twain
Had the essence but in one;
Two distinct, divisions none’
The Phoenix and the Turtle
‘She’s beautiful, and therefore to be wooed; She is woman, and therefore to be won’
Henry VI Part 1 – Act 5, Scene 2
‘Doubt that the stars are fire,
Doubt that the sun doth move his aides,
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love’
Hamlet – Act 2, Scene 2
‘Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind’
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Act 1, Scene 1
‘Where thou art, there is the world itself, And where thou art not, desolation’
Henry VI Part 2 – Act 3, Scene 2
‘I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say ‘I love you”
Henry V – Act 5, Scene 2
‘You have witchcraft in your lips’
Henry V – Act 5, Scene 2
‘My heart is ever at your service.’
Timon of Athens – Act 1, Scene 2
A wonderful Shakespeare quote for Valentine’s Day, from Henry V
What do you think of these Shakespeare quotes for Valentine’s Day – any great ones we’re missing? Let us know in the comments section below!
Thank you,and how for out thou?
do you have quotes for husband? btw nice collection