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Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.
Ouida
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Ouida
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 1
Died: 1908
Died: January 25
Novelist
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Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Marie Louise de la Ramée
Marie Louise Ramé
Marie Louise de la Ramee
Marie Louise Rame
Sticks
Multiply
Bring
Arrow
Fall
Arrows
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Headed
Scandal
Stick
Dandelion
Seeds
Scandals
Forth
Dandelions
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Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.
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