“ If any love is shown us we should recognise that we are quite unworthy of it. Nobody is worthy to be loved. ”
Oscar Wilde, De Profundis (1905). copy citation
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Source | De Profundis |
| Topic | love unworthy |
| Date | 1905 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/921/921-h/921-h.htm |
Context
“(κυναρια, ‘little dogs’ it should be rendered) —who are under the table eat of the crumbs that the children let fall. Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live. If any love is shown us we should recognise that we are quite unworthy of it. Nobody is worthy to be loved. The fact that God loves man shows us that in the divine order of ideal things it is written that eternal love is to be given to what is eternally unworthy. Or if that phrase seems to be a bitter one to bear, let us say that every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is.”
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