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Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of Art.

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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
Belief
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Indifference is the invisible giant of the world.
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Emulation is active virtue envy is brooding malice.
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