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Ouida quotes: Most crimes are sanctioned in some form or other when they take grand names. Most crimes are sanctioned in some form or other when they take grand names.
Ouida quotes: Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged. Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.
Ouida quotes: You know the Ark of Israel and the calf of Belial were both made of gold. Religion has never yet changed the metal of her one adoration. You know the Ark of Israel and the calf of Belial were both made of gold. Religion has never yet changed the metal of her one adoration.
Ouida quotes: What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth?Wanda What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth?
Wanda
Ouida quotes: Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
Ouida quotes: Scandals are like dandelion seedsthey are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold. Scandals are like dandelion seeds
they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.
Ouida quotes: It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you. It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.
Ouida quotes: Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something. Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something.
Ouida quotes: What is failure except feebleness? And what is it to miss one's mark except to aim widely and weakly? What is failure except feebleness? And what is it to miss one's mark except to aim widely and weakly?
Ouida quotes: Great men have always had dogs. Great men have always had dogs.
Ouida quotes: The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn. The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn.
Ouida quotes: The radical defect in Christianity is that it tried to win the world by a bribe, and it has become a nullity. The radical defect in Christianity is that it tried to win the world by a bribe, and it has become a nullity.
Ouida quotes: Dishonor is like the Aaron's Beard in the hedgerows; it can only poison if it be plucked. Dishonor is like the Aaron's Beard in the hedgerows; it can only poison if it be plucked.
Ouida quotes: Great men always have dogs. Great men always have dogs.
Ouida quotes: Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of Art. Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of Art.
Ouida quotes: Who has passed by the fates of disillusion has died twice. Who has passed by the fates of disillusion has died twice.
Ouida quotes: To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.
Ouida quotes: The joy of a strong nature is as cloudless as its suffering is desolate. The joy of a strong nature is as cloudless as its suffering is desolate.
Ouida quotes: One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.Wanda One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.
Wanda
Ouida quotes: It needs a great nature to bear the weight of a great gratitude. It needs a great nature to bear the weight of a great gratitude.
Ouida quotes: Woman already controls by not seeming to do so. Talk no more of her rights. Woman already controls by not seeming to do so. Talk no more of her rights.
Ouida quotes: Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice. Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.
Ouida quotes: A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors. A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors.
Ouida quotes: Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds. Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.
Ouida quotes: Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong. Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong.
Ouida quotes: No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world. No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.
Ouida quotes: Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss. Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss.
Ouida quotes: An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life. An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.
Ouida quotes: We only see clearly when we have reached the depths of woe. We only see clearly when we have reached the depths of woe.
Ouida quotes: Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension.Wanda Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension.
Wanda
Ouida quotes: There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats ... There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats ...
Ouida quotes: It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings; it is the soft, luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams. It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings; it is the soft, luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.
Ouida quotes: A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall. A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Ouida quotes: I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman. I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.
Ouida quotes: A great love is an absolute isolation and an absolute absorption. A great love is an absolute isolation and an absolute absorption.
Ouida quotes: I have known men who have been sold and bought a hundred times, who have only got very fat and very comfortable in the process of exchange. I have known men who have been sold and bought a hundred times, who have only got very fat and very comfortable in the process of exchange.
Ouida quotes: There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension.Wanda There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension.
Wanda
Ouida quotes: Death! It is rest to the aged, it is oblivion to the atheist, it is immortality to the poet! Death! It is rest to the aged, it is oblivion to the atheist, it is immortality to the poet!
Ouida quotes: Histories in blazonry and poems in stone. Histories in blazonry and poems in stone.
Ouida quotes: Fame! it is the flower of a day, that dies when the next sun rises. Fame! it is the flower of a day, that dies when the next sun rises.
Ouida quotes: When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion fled, itself alone. When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion fled, itself alone.
Ouida quotes: Friendship needs to be rooted in respect, but love can live upon itself alone Friendship needs to be rooted in respect, but love can live upon itself alone
Ouida quotes: There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery. There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery.
Ouida quotes: Age is nothing but death that is conscious. Age is nothing but death that is conscious.
Ouida quotes: The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace. The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace.
Ouida quotes: Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms. Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms.
Ouida quotes: A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run.
Ouida quotes: Imagination without culture is crippled and moves slowly; but it can be pure imagination, and rich also, as folk-lore will tell the vainest. Imagination without culture is crippled and moves slowly; but it can be pure imagination, and rich also, as folk-lore will tell the vainest.
Ouida quotes: Christianity is a formula: it is nothing more. Christianity is a formula: it is nothing more.
Ouida quotes: It is quite easy for stupid people to be happy; they believe in fables, and they trot on in a beaten track like a horse on a tramway. It is quite easy for stupid people to be happy; they believe in fables, and they trot on in a beaten track like a horse on a tramway.
Ouida quotes: Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety ... Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety ...
Ouida quotes: Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society possible; without its amenities the world would be a bear-garden. Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society possible; without its amenities the world would be a bear-garden.
Ouida quotes: Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others. Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.
Ouida quotes: There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it. There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it.
Ouida quotes: He crept up, and touched the face of the boy. "Didst thou dream that I should be faithless and forsake thee? I - a dog?" said that mute caress. He crept up, and touched the face of the boy. "Didst thou dream that I should be faithless and forsake thee? I - a dog?" said that mute caress.
Ouida quotes: Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye. Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
Ouida quotes: The loss of our illusions is the only loss from which we never recover. The loss of our illusions is the only loss from which we never recover.
Ouida quotes: There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright. There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright.
Ouida quotes: Excess always carries its own retribution. Excess always carries its own retribution.
Ouida quotes: The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine. The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine.
Ouida quotes: Indifference is the invisible giant of the world. Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.
Ouida quotes: Fancy tortures more people than does reality Fancy tortures more people than does reality
Ouida quotes: Petty laws breed great crimes. Petty laws breed great crimes.
Ouida quotes: Love is cruel as the grave. Love is cruel as the grave.
Ouida quotes: Youth without faith is a day without sun. Youth without faith is a day without sun.
Ouida quotes: I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not. I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not.
Ouida quotes: Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey.
Ouida quotes: For what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear? For what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear?
Ouida quotes: I have know a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common. I have know a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common.
Ouida quotes: He mistook, as the cleverest men often do mistake, in underrating the cruelty of women. He mistook, as the cleverest men often do mistake, in underrating the cruelty of women.
Ouida quotes: The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung in our hearts. The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung in our hearts.
Ouida quotes: Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them. Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them.
Ouida quotes: Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting. Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting.
Ouida quotes: Indifference is the invincible grant of the world. Indifference is the invincible grant of the world.
Ouida quotes: Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan. Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan.

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