I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives.…

Oscar Wilde
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde, p.452, Wordsworth Editions
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