Eye Quote by Oscar Wilde

“To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.” quote by Oscar Wilde — Download Open image

“To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.”

Oscar Wilde

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