Oscar Wilde Quotes on Love
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Lo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance - And must I lose a soul's inheritance?** Helas!, l. 12-14 (1881)
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le mystere de l'amour est plus grand que le mystere de la mort.
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The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
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Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
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When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others.
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Then she paused. A rose shook in her blood and shadowed her cheeks. Quick breath parted the petals of her lips. They trembled. A southern wind of passion swept over her and stirred the dainty folds of her dress. 'I love him', she said simply.
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To be in love is to surpass one's self.
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our intellects.
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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
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Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved.
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Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.
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Lord Illingworth: The Book of Life begins with a man and a woman in a garden. Mrs. Allonby: It ends with Revelations.
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All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.
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Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word, The coward does it with a kiss, The brave man with a sword!