Love

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”

– William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595)

What does it mean?

Real love always meets problems along the way. Difficulties don't mean the love is not real.

Key vocabulary

course
the way something develops over time

Who said it?

William Shakespeare: English playwright and poet (1564–1616). Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream (c. 1595).

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