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" O we are wearied of this sense of guilt,
Wearied of pleasure's paramour despair,
Wearied of every temple we have built,
Wearied of every unanswered right, unanswered prayer,
For man is weak; God sleeps: and heaven is high:
One fiery-colored moment: one great love: and lo! we die. "

Oscar Wilde , The Collected Poems of Oscar Wilde


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Oscar Wilde quote : O we are wearied of this sense of guilt,<br /> Wearied of pleasure's paramour despair, <br />Wearied of every temple we have built, <br /> Wearied of every unanswered right, unanswered prayer,<br />For man is weak; God sleeps: and heaven is high:<br />One fiery-colored moment: one great love: and lo! we die.