Quote#Love
Man is too thoroughly an egoist not to be also an egotist; if he…
Quote byO. Henry · 1862–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Whirligigs (1910), "Blind Man's Holiday".
English (original)
Man is too thoroughly an egoist not to be also an egotist; if he love, the object shall know it. During a lifetime he may conceal it through stress of expediency and honour, but it shall bubble from his dying lips, though it disrupt a neighbourhood. It is known, however, that most men do not wait so long to disclose their passion.
— O. Henry
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