Love is in the air… and on the page! Get ready to swoon over the most iconic, romantic, and downright swoon-worthy famous Shakespeare love quotes that will make your heart skip a beat! With his timeless words of affection, the Bard himself has captured the essence of love in all its forms. In this post, we’re celebrating the greatest love quotes from Shakespeare’s works – perfect for Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, or just because you love to love!
Love is a whispered promise to forever cherish and adore.
In the depths of my heart, I have found a love that shines brighter than any star in the night sky.
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. – William Shakespeare (Sonnet 116)
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world, and so shines the beauty of my love for you. – William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with lover’s tears. – William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
She is not far that doth lie near the heart. – William Shakespeare (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
If my heart and soul were to make their presence known, I would swear you are the only one for me.
Love is a many-splendored thing. – William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
How dearly do we love our children, and yet how we are often cruel to the one who loves us best!
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one person to love another, a decent respect for that other requires us to give them all our devotion. – William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
Love is too strong for words, too beautiful for speech.
O, swear not by your honor, nor by my love, I will not hear ‘t! – William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
Love makes the world go round.
It seems to me most strange, that she, whom all men’s eyes did never honor more than this woman, should in an ignorant age like this be crowned with her son and his love! – William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
Love is a fire that warms the heart.
What I have loved, I will love until death do us part.
You have bewitched my soul with your lovely eyes! – William Shakespeare (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Love is the most perfect and purest passion that can be in this world.
In love, all the rules are made to be broken. – William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)
You have taken my heart with your smile!
When I am in thy eyes, love is a song; When thou art in my eyes, love is a dance. – William Shakespeare (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)