Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.

About This Quote

The English playwright and poet William Shakespeare said: “Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.” This quote, which is part of a longer description of love and the joys and pitfalls of love, is an example of literary allusion to another writer or text.

Source: Romeo And Juliet

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1. Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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2. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

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