William Shakespeare Persuasive Quotes

To Say or Not to Say

Phrases get said in everyday life. They are used as a tool to communicate without necessarily stating a full thought. People quote phrases daily, yet they do not know where they came from or who created them. So, where did they come from and who penned them? Well, one person who seemed to have mastered the art of coining quotable phrases, and that person happens to be a very famous playwright named William Shakespeare. Believe or not, phrases such as “wild goose chase”, “love is blind”, and “kill with kindness”, originated in the plays Shakespeare wrote. A “wild goose chase’ refers to a situation in which someone gets sent on a fruitless quest. This phrase originated in Shakespeare’s most well-known play, Romeo and Juliet, during a conversation between Romeo, one of the main protagonists, and Mercutio, his good friend. “Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done; for thou hast more of the wild goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five. Was I with you there for the

The phrase “love is blind” has two common meanings: the first referring to holding inner beauty over physical beauty and the second, referring to completely disregarding the flaws of a significant other because they are in love. William Shakespeare grew quite fond of this phrase, so much so that he included it in several of his plays such as Henry V, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Merchant of Venice. In Two Gentlemen of Verona, this phrase comes about when Speed, a comedic servant, teases his master, Valentine, about the crush he has on a girl. “Because Love is blind. O, that you had mine eyes; or your own eyes had the lights they were wont to have when you chid at Sir Proteus for going ungartered…” (Two Gentlemen of Verona). Speed’s statement about love, was not indicating that love has blinded Valentine, but that he wears love glasses and all he can see is