InspiringQuotes

William Shakespeare Quotes:

Ocupation: Poet

Life: 1564 - April 23, 1616

Birthday: 1564

Death: April 23

Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears; what is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall, and a preserving sweet.

- William Shakespeare

source: William Shakespeare (1847). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.148

topic: Sweet, Eye, Love Is, Sparkling, Lovers Eyes

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