The course of true love never did run smooth.

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, scene i Verified source · How we source quotes
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Lysander says this to Hermia in the first scene of A Midsummer Night's Dream, after her father demands that she marry Demetrius and Duke Theseus backs him. The two lovers go on to list the obstacles love always meets, from difference in rank to war and death. The scene ends with their plan to escape together into the wood outside Athens.

Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, scene i

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