Oscar Wilde quote about love from The Importance of Being Earnest - The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
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The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
 Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). copy citation

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Author Oscar Wilde
Source The Importance of Being Earnest
Topic love romance uncertainty
Date 1895
Language English
Reference
Note Algernon line
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/844/844-h/844-h.htm

Context

“I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.
jack. I have no doubt about that, dear Algy. The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted.” source

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