Did William Shakespeare say “If music be the food of love, play on”?
SAPIR 861 · QUOTE CHECK
Did William Shakespeare say “If music be the food of love, play on”?
Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to William Shakespeare. Source and location below.
DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. That strain again! It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour! Enough, no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before. O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou! That, notwithstanding thy capacity Receiveth as the sea, nought enters there, Of what validity and pitch soe'er, But falls into abatement and low price …
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, ACT I. SCENE I. The DUKE'S palace · ¶5459 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #100 · source
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0