Sonnet 116 Love Quotes Page 2
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| Quote #4 Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks |
Time (a.k.a. mortality) doesn’t command love, the way a king might command a court jester; instead, love is always more powerful, even though time takes its toll on physical appearance.
| Quote #5 Love alters not with [Time’s] brief hours and weeks, |
Again, the poet reiterates that the passing of time doesn’t change love, which is eternal. In comparison to the eternal nature of love, Time seems irrelevant and weak.
| Quote #6 If this be error and upon me proved, |
If we turn this statement backwards, we see that the fact that people have loved before proves that the poet’s view of love is right.
