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Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments

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  1. The first line of a sonnet by William Shakespeare. The poet is denying that anything can come between true lovers (that is, be an impediment to their love.)


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Her literary debut, “True Minds,” was filled with love poems to her husband, and took its name from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments.”

From Washington Post

Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116” — “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments” — is an excellent example.

From Washington Post

In The Tempest, the sacred marriage of Ferdinand and Miranda promises, at last, a marriage worth having – one that Shakespeare fantasised about years earlier in Sonnet 116: “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

From The Guardian

Among these poems are some of the most famously romantic lines in English literature, including, “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments,” and, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”

From Washington Post

Let me not to the marriage of true minds/admit impediments – that's what Shakespeare said in a sonnet.

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