“Yet each man kills the thing he loves,
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.
Some love too little, some too long,
Some sell and others buy;
Some do the deed with many tears,
And some without a sigh:
For each man kills the thing he loves,
Yet each man does not die.”
― Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde including the Ballad of Reading Gaol
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.
Some love too little, some too long,
Some sell and others buy;
Some do the deed with many tears,
And some without a sigh:
For each man kills the thing he loves,
Yet each man does not die.”
― Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde including the Ballad of Reading Gaol
“İnsanların çoğu kaybetmekten korktuğu için, sevmekten korkuyor. Sevilmekten korkuyor, kendisini sevilmeye layık görmediği için. Düşünmekten korkuyor, sorumluluk getireceği için. Konuşmaktan korkuyor, eleştirilmekten korktuğu için. Duygularını ifade etmekten korkuyor, reddedilmekten korktuğu için. Yaşlanmaktan korkuyor, gençliğinin kıymetini bilmediği için. Unutulmaktan korkuyor, dünyaya iyi birşey vermedigi için. Ve ölmekten korkuyor aslında yaşamayı bilmediği için.”
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