What a silly thing Love is!...It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does not prove… — Oscar Wilde
What a silly thing Love is!...It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true.
1888
★ 1.1Provenance
Current citation
Wilde, Oscar. "The Nightingale and the Rose." Oscar Wilde: Complete Short Fiction, edited by Ian Small. Penguin Classics, 2003.
Original citation
Wilde, Oscar. "The Nightingale and the Rose." The Happy Prince and Other Tales. London: Duckworth and Co., 1888.
