"The world seemed to me fine because..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
The world seemed to me fine because you were in it, and goodness more real because you lived.
More by Oscar Wilde
“Lawyers have been known to wrest from reluctant juries triumphant verdicts of acquittal for their clients, even when those clients, as often happens, were clearly and unmistakably innocent.”
“Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”
“It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work when there is no definite object of any kind. To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing.”
More on Love
“When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.”
“These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
“How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.”
More on World
“The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.”
“The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed Gray Truth is now her painted toy.”
“What were all the world's alarms To mighty Paris when he found Sleep upon a golden bed That first dawn in Helen's arms?”