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