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Quotation from The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

“Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?”

Oscar Wilde (spoken by The Nightingale)

The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose

Portrait of Oscar Wilde

The Nightingale decides to give her life for the rose.

Citation: "Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?" — Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose. (id the-happy-prince-and-other-tales-q2)

Portrait: Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony. Three-quarter-length photograph, seated, Napoleon Sarony / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.

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