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There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats.
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
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It is the north wind that lashes men into Vikings it is the soft, luscious south wind which lulls them to lotus dreams.
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Emulation is active virtue envy is brooding malice.
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No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.
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A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
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Great men always have dogs.
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One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.
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Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.
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