When one is in love one begins by deceiving oneself. And one ends by deceiving others.
 Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance (1893). copy citation

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Author Oscar Wilde
Source A Woman of No Importance
Topic love beginning
Date 1893
Language English
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“But the happiness of a married man, my dear Gerald, depends on the people he has not married. Gerald. But if one is in love? Lord Illingworth. One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. Gerald. Love is a very wonderful thing, isn’t it? Lord Illingworth. When one is in love one begins by deceiving oneself. And one ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. But a really grande passion is comparatively rare nowadays. It is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes in a country, and the only possible explanation of us Harfords.” source