Quote by Oscar Wilde

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be heard some does it with a bitter look some with a flattering word the coward does it with a kiss the brave man with the sword.

Yet each man kills the thing he loves from all let this be h

Summary

This quote, taken from Oscar Wilde's poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," explores the paradoxical nature of human love and its destructive potential. It suggests that love can drive individuals to commit acts of harm or even take lives. It highlights the different ways in which people can betray and destroy the ones they claim to love, be it through bitterness, flattery, deceit, or even violence. Ultimately, the quote captures the complex and often tragic aspects of love and how it can lead to both passive and active forms of destruction.

By Oscar Wilde

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, exis

However dark and profitless, however painful and weary, existence may have become, life is not done, and our Christian character is not won, so long as God has anything left for us to suffer, or anything left for us to do.

Frederick William Robertson

Life Character

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!

Africa for the Africans... at home and abroad!

Home

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Zora Neale Hurston

Love Places

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.

Jerome K. Jerome

Poverty

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as

We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.

Life Good Work Positive Kindness

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at

I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.

Time

I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This mean

I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.note from Answers.com: used as a military slogan during the early 20th century to encourage soldiers to throw themselves into battle

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

War

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

God

In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book

In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a writer, he is one who has studied and perfected this particular mode of personal incarnation, very likely to the detriment of any other. I should like as a matter of curiosity to see and hear for a moment the men whose works I admire; but I should hardly expect to find further intercourse particularly profitable.

Charles Horton Cooley

Authors & Writing

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom

In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.

Boredom

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

Saint Teresa of Avila

Friendship