The course of true love never did run smooth
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His character, John “Divine G” Whitfield, opens the film with another riveting speech from “Midsummer’s” — Lysander’s monologue about how “The course of true love never did run smooth” — which, the actor says, “tells you a lot about the character in the very first sentence.”
From Los Angeles Times
But the course of true love never did run smooth, as Shakespeare memorably put it.
From Los Angeles Times
As Shakespeare wrote, “The course of true love never did run smooth.”
From Seattle Times
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
From Seattle Times
It’s been said that the course of true love never did run smooth, but who could have expected the painfully rocky road to romance reportedly encountered several times in recent weeks in a single Maryland city.
From Washington Post
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