Best Shakespeare Quotes for Valentine's Day Cards
As Valentine's Day approaches, we flood the Hallmark stores, chocolate shops, and florist shops to send presents to loved ones and remind them how much they mean to us.
Often, we find ourselves at a loss for what to write in the cards. We love with as true a love as Shakespeare––and his words often capture just how we feel. Though Shakespeare only once mentions Valentine's Day, his quotes are perfect for Valentine's Day Cards because he has coined some of the most famous quotes about love.
In Hamlet (IV.5), Ophelia, in her madness, sings of Valentine's Day:
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
This confirms that Shakespeare knew of Valentine's Day––however, his Valentine's Day was much different from ours. It was not until the 18th Century that Valentine's Day resembled the festivities of today, including the exchanging of cards, gifts, and flowers.
Here are the 5 best Shakespearean sentiments to write in your Valentine's Day Cards this year. Happy Valentine's Day (and may yours be happier than Ophelia's)!
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Often, we find ourselves at a loss for what to write in the cards. We love with as true a love as Shakespeare––and his words often capture just how we feel. Though Shakespeare only once mentions Valentine's Day, his quotes are perfect for Valentine's Day Cards because he has coined some of the most famous quotes about love.
In Hamlet (IV.5), Ophelia, in her madness, sings of Valentine's Day:
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
This confirms that Shakespeare knew of Valentine's Day––however, his Valentine's Day was much different from ours. It was not until the 18th Century that Valentine's Day resembled the festivities of today, including the exchanging of cards, gifts, and flowers.
Here are the 5 best Shakespearean sentiments to write in your Valentine's Day Cards this year. Happy Valentine's Day (and may yours be happier than Ophelia's)!
- "I would not wish any companion in the world but you." - The Tempest (III.1)
- "For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings." - Sonnet 29
- "What is light, if [you] be not seen? What is joy if [you] be not by?" - The Two Gentlemen of Verona (III.1)
- "Doubt that the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move his aides, Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love." - Hamlet (II.2)
and lastly...
- "I know no way to mince it in love, but directly say 'I Love You.'" - Henry V (V.2)
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