“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
“And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.”
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