“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.”

— Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband

Variant: It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love
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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

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