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The Renaissance5 quotes
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never. — William Shakespeare · 1600He is the half part of a blessèd man,
Left to be finishèd by such as she,
And she a fair divided excellence,
Whose fullness of perfection lies in him. — William Shakespeare · 1616If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another...upon familiarity will grow more content. — William Shakespeare · 1602When love begins to sicken and decay
It useth an enforcèd ceremony. — William Shakespeare · 1599And ruined love, when it is built anew,
Grows fairer than at first, more strong, far greater. — William Shakespeare · 1609Old Testament Era2 quotes
My beloved is mine, and I am his. — Song of Solomon 2:16 · 965 BCThe Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." — Genesis 2:18 · 1405 BCClassical antiquity1 quote
Thrice blessed (and more) are they whom an unbroken bond holds and whose love, never strained by nasty quarrels, will not slip until their dying day. — Horace · 23 BCColonial America1 quote
Happy’s the Wooing that’s not long a doing. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Middle Ages1 quote
For we do not easily expect evil of those whom we love most. — Peter Abelard · 1132