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

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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
Hearts
Fame
Worth
Live
Heart
Something
People
Span

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