Quote#Love
Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
Quote byChristopher Marlowe · 1564–1593
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hero and Leander (published 1598), First Sestiad. The same statement occurs in As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare, and a similar one in The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596) by George Chapman..
English (original)
Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
— Christopher Marlowe
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