Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, a…

Oscar Wilde
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Surely Love is a wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, for can it be weighed out in the balance for gold. ✨ Oscar wilde (1943). The Happy Prince and Other Tales (Illustrated), p.14, LCI
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