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Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.
Ouida
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Ouida
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: January 1
Died: 1908
Died: January 25
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Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Marie Louise de la Ramée
Marie Louise Ramé
Marie Louise de la Ramee
Marie Louise Rame
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There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.
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Indifference is the invincible grant of the world.
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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.
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Hypocrites weep, and you cannot tell their tears from those of saints but no bad man ever laughed sweetly yet.
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Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.
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Emulation is active virtue envy is brooding malice.
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There is a chord in every heart that has a sigh in it if touched aright.
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A little scandal is an excellent thing nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors.
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The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine.
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We only see clearly when we have reached the depths of woe.
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