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Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Most crimes are sanctioned in some form or

Most crimes are sanctioned in some form or other when they take grand names. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Count art by gold, and it fetters the

Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: You know the Ark of Israel and the

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: What we love once, we love forever. Shall

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Scandals are like dandelion seedsthey are arrow-headed, and

Scandals are like dandelion seeds
they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: It is hard work to be good when

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of

Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of Art. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: No great talker ever did any great thing

No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: What is failure except feebleness? And what is

What is failure except feebleness? And what is it to miss one's mark except to aim widely and weakly? — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Great men have always had dogs.

Great men have always had dogs. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: The joy of a strong nature is as

The joy of a strong nature is as cloudless as its suffering is desolate. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: The scorn of genius is the most arrogant

The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: The radical defect in Christianity is that it

The radical defect in Christianity is that it tried to win the world by a bribe, and it has become a nullity. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Dishonor is like the Aaron's Beard in the

Dishonor is like the Aaron's Beard in the hedgerows; it can only poison if it be plucked. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Great men always have dogs.

Great men always have dogs. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Woman already controls by not seeming to do

Woman already controls by not seeming to do so. Talk no more of her rights. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Who has passed by the fates of disillusion

Who has passed by the fates of disillusion has died twice. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: To vice, innocence must always seem only a

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Fame has only the span of the day,

Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: One must pray first, but afterwards one must

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.
Wanda — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: It needs a great nature to bear the

It needs a great nature to bear the weight of a great gratitude. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: It is the north wind that lashes men

It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings; it is the soft, luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Kerry Patterson: I have known a thousand scamps; but I

I have known a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common. - OUIDA — Kerry Patterson

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Histories in blazonry and poems in stone.

Histories in blazonry and poems in stone. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Death! It is rest to the aged, it

Death! It is rest to the aged, it is oblivion to the atheist, it is immortality to the poet! — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: There are wrongs for which religion makes no

There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension.
Wanda — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: I have known men who have been sold

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: A great love is an absolute isolation and

A great love is an absolute isolation and an absolute absorption. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: I do not wish to be a coward

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: A just chastisement may benefit a man, though

A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Music is not a science any more than

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: There is no applause that so flatters a

There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats ... — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and

Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension.
Wanda — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: We only see clearly when we have reached

We only see clearly when we have reached the depths of woe. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Brussels is a gay little city that lies

Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Excess always carries its own retribution.

Excess always carries its own retribution. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells

Honor is an old-world thing; but it smells sweet to those in whose hand it is strong. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Fame! it is the flower of a day,

Fame! it is the flower of a day, that dies when the next sun rises. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: When passion and habit long lie in company

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Friendship needs to be rooted in respect, but

Friendship needs to be rooted in respect, but love can live upon itself alone — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: There is no knife that cuts so sharply

There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Age is nothing but death that is conscious.

Age is nothing but death that is conscious. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: The world never leaves one in ignorance or

The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that

Truth is a rough, honest, helter-skelter terrier that none like to see brought into their drawing rooms. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: A cruel story runs on wheels, and every

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Imagination without culture is crippled and moves slowly;

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Christianity is a formula: it is nothing more.

Christianity is a formula: it is nothing more. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: It is quite easy for stupid people to

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety ...

Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety ... — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society

Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society possible; without its amenities the world would be a bear-garden. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Intensely selfish people are always very decided as

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: There is nothing that you may not get

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: He crept up, and touched the face of

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Could we see when and where we are

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: The loss of our illusions is the only

The loss of our illusions is the only loss from which we never recover. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: There is a chord in every heart that

There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: The heart of silver falls ever into the

The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.

Indifference is the invisible giant of the world. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Fancy tortures more people than does reality

Fancy tortures more people than does reality — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Petty laws breed great crimes.

Petty laws breed great crimes. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Love is cruel as the grave.

Love is cruel as the grave. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Youth without faith is a day without sun.

Youth without faith is a day without sun. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: I only care for the subjective life; I

I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Take hope from the heart of man and

Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: For what is the gift of the poet

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

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: I have know a thousand scamps; but I

I have know a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: He mistook, as the cleverest men often do

He mistook, as the cleverest men often do mistake, in underrating the cruelty of women. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: The song that we hear with our ears

The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung in our hearts. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Men are always optimists when they look inwards,

Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Genius cannot escape the taint of its time

Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Indifference is the invincible grant of the world.

Indifference is the invincible grant of the world. — Ouida

Ouida Quotes By Ouida: Christianity has made of death a terror which

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of the Pagan. — Ouida