As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
William ShakespeareRead
Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn
Interpretation
The quote expresses the joy and sweetness of love while highlighting the importance of commitment and honor in a romantic relationship.
In this quote, Shakespeare emphasizes the beauty and sweetness of love as he reflects on the deep connection between two individuals. He portrays love as a sacred bond that encompasses gestures of affection, commitment, and the honor held within the relationship. The agent of her heart symbolizes trust, while the mention of her oath emphasizes the seriousness of their love, suggesting that true love is both joyous and grounded in respect and integrity.
In practice
In a wedding speech to celebrate the couple's love and commitment.
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.
Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.
Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying!
Give it an understanding, but no tongue.
With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them. Alone in the midst of the crowd on the pier, he said to himself in a flash of anger: 'My heart has more rooms than a whorehouse.
Methought I saw my late espoused saint.
She is so naked and singular. She is the sum of yourself and your dream. Climb her like a monument, step after step. She is solid.
And you? Now that I have discovered you? Beautiful, dangerous, unleashed. Still I try to hold you, knowing that your body is faced with knives.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?
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