Romeo and Juliet

(1595)

by
William Shakespeare

  • "A pair of star cross'd lovers"
    • (I, Prologue)
  • "You kiss by the book."
    • (Juliet, I.v)
  • "My only love sprung from my only hate!"
    • (Juliet, I.v)
  • "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!"
    • (Romeo, II.ii)
  • "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"
    • (Juliet, II.ii)
  • "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
    • (Juliet, II.ii)
  • "For nought so vile that on the earth doth live /But to the earth some special good doth give,"
    • (Friar Laurence, II.iii)
  • "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes."
    • (Friar Laurence, II.iii)
  • "Thou art like one of those fellows who, when he enters the confines of a tavern, claps his sword on the table and says, 'God send me no need of thee!' And, by the operation of his second cup, draws it upon the drawer when indeed, there is no need."
    • (Mercutio to Benvolio, III.i)
  • "A plague o both your houses!"
    • (Mercutio, III.i
  • "Theres no trust, No faith, no honesty in men"
    • (Nurse, III.ii)
  • "There is thy gold-worse poison to men's souls,doing more murder in this loathsome world than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell."
    • (Romeo, V.i)
  • "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."
    • (Romeo V.iii)
  • "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
    • Prince (Act V, last sentence)
  • "If love be rough with you, be rough with love/prick love for pricking and you beat love down"
    • (Mercutio)
  • "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
    • (Romeo)







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