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" Nay, let us walk from fire unto fire,
From passionate pain to deadlier delight,
I am too young to live without desire,
Too young art thou to waste this summer night
Asking those idle questions which of old
Man sought of seer and oracle, and no reply was told.

For, sweet, to feel is better than to know,
And wisdom is a childless heritage,
One pulse of passion--youth's first fiery glow, --
Are worth the hoarded proverbs of the sage:
Vex not soul with dead philosophy,
Have we not lips to kiss with, hearts to love and eyes to see! "

Oscar Wilde , The Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde


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Oscar Wilde quote : Nay, let us walk from fire unto fire, <br /> From passionate pain to deadlier delight,<br />I am too young to live without desire,<br /> Too young art thou to waste this summer night<br />Asking those idle questions which of old<br />Man sought of seer and oracle, and no reply was told.<br /><br />For, sweet, to feel is better than to know,<br /> And wisdom is a childless heritage,<br />One pulse of passion--youth's first fiery glow, --<br /> Are worth the hoarded proverbs of the sage:<br />Vex not soul with dead philosophy, <br /> Have we not lips to kiss with, hearts to love and eyes to see!