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I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

Oscar Wilde
Art, Grief, Men
Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.105, Oxford University Press on Demand

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.

Oscar Wilde
Sympathy, Grief, Condolences
Letter to Alfred Douglas, Jan. - Mar. 1897

There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth.

Oscar Wilde
Grief, Suffering, Sorrow
Oscar Wilde, Moira Muldoon (2005). “The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings”, p.311, Simon and Schuster

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods, and chronicle their return. With us time itself does not progress. It revolves. It seems to circle round one center of pain.

Oscar Wilde
Pain, Grief, Circles
Oscar Wilde (1961). “Works: Edited with an Introduction”

For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us.

Oscar Wilde
Grief, Taken, Moon
Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.82, Oxford University Press on Demand

Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief.

Oscar Wilde
Husband, Women, Grief
The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 15 (1891). A similar quotation appears inWilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest, act 1 (1895).

There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation.

Oscar Wilde
Grief, Suffering, Sorrow
Oscar Wilde (1961). “DE PROFUNDIS”, p.7, VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS

And now, dear Mr. Worthing, I will not intrude any longer into a house of sorrow. I would merely beg you not to be too much bowed down by grief. What seem to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. This seems to me a blessing of an extremely obvious kind.

Oscar Wilde
Grief, Blessing, House
Oscar Wilde (1984). “The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.41, Dramatic Publishing

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