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> [Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/each-time-that-one-loves-is-the-only-time-one-has-ever-loved/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-difficult-not-to-be-unjust-to-what-one-loves/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“And each man kills the thing he loves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/and-each-man-kills-the-thing-he-loves/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. difference of object does not alter singleness of passion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/each-time-that-one-loves-is-the-only-time-one-has-ever-loved-3/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [A burnt child loves the fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/a-burnt-child-loves-the-fire/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“Yet each man kills the things he loves”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/yet-each-man-kills-the-things-he-loves/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [I did not think I should be ever loved: do you indeed Love me so much as now you say you do?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-did-not-think-i-should-be-ever-loved-do-you-indeed-love-me-so-much/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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## Other authors on Loves

## More by Oscar Wilde

> [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

> [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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