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

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Ouida
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 1
Died: 1908
Died: January 25
Novelist
Writer
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Marie Louise de la Ramée
Marie Louise Ramé
Marie Louise de la Ramee
Marie Louise Rame
Disgrace
Poison
Like
Hedgerows
Plucked
Aaron
Dishonor
Beard

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