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Ouida Quotes

Sport inevitably creates deadness of feeling. No one could take pleasure in it who was sensitive to suffering; and therefore its pursuit by women is much more to be regretted than its pursuit by men, because women pursue much more violently and recklessly what they pursue at all Picture Quote #1

If all feeling for grace and beauty were not extinguished in the mass of mankind at the actual moment, such a method of locomotion as cycling could never have found acceptance; no man or woman with the slightest aesthetic sense could assume the ludicrous position necessary for it Picture Quote #1

In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of them, no toleration of them. An immense agony will have then ceased, but with it there will also have passed away the last smile of the world’s youth Picture Quote #1

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others Picture Quote #1

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman Picture Quote #1

It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother’s lips to kiss you Picture Quote #1

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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye Picture Quote #1

Friendship is usually treated... as a tough... thing which will survive all manner of bad treatment. But this is an exceedingly great and foolish error; it may die in an hour of a single unwise word Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats Picture Quote #1

Nothing is so pleasant... as to display your worldly wisdom in epigram and dissertation, but it is a trifle tedious to hear another person display theirs Picture Quote #1

Power is sweet, and when you are a little clerk you love its sweetness quite as much as if you were an emperor, and maybe you love it a good deal more Picture Quote #1

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The art of pleasing is more based on the art of seeming pleased than people think of, and she disarmed the prejudices of her enemies by the unaffected delight she appeared to take in themselves Picture Quote #1

Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting Picture Quote #1

Charity is a flower not naturally of earthly growth, and it needs manuring with a promise of profit Picture Quote #1

For what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear? Picture Quote #1

Death! It is rest to the aged, it is oblivion to the atheist, it is immortality to the poet! Picture Quote #1

When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion fled, itself alone Picture Quote #1

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Hypocrites weep, and you cannot tell their tears from those of saints; but no bad man ever laughed sweetly yet Picture Quote #1

In its permission to man to render subject to him all other living creatures of the earth, it continued the cruelty of the barbarian and the pagan, and endowed these with what appeared a divine authority Picture Quote #1

Christianity has been cruel in much to the human race. It has quenched much of the sweet joy and gladness of life; it has caused the natural passions and affections of it to be held as sins Picture Quote #1

You have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to steer, but the craft is some one else’s, and the haul too Picture Quote #1

What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse Picture Quote #1

When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one’s friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time Picture Quote #1

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Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss Picture Quote #1

Women hope that the dead love may revive; but men know that of all dead things none are so past recall as a dead passion Picture Quote #1

The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine Picture Quote #1

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Sport inevitably creates deadness of feeling. No one could take pleasure in it who was sensitive to suffering; and therefore its pursuit by women is much more to be regretted than its pursuit by men, because women pursue much more violently and recklessly what they pursue at all (Ouida Quotes) If all feeling for grace and beauty were not extinguished in the mass of mankind at the actual moment, such a method of locomotion as cycling could never have found acceptance; no man or woman with the slightest aesthetic sense could assume the ludicrous position necessary for it (Ouida Quotes) In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of them, no toleration of them. An immense agony will have then ceased, but with it there will also have passed away the last smile of the world’s youth (Ouida Quotes) Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others (Ouida Quotes) I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman (Ouida Quotes) It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother’s lips to kiss you (Ouida Quotes) Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye (Ouida Quotes) Friendship is usually treated... as a tough... thing which will survive all manner of bad treatment. But this is an exceedingly great and foolish error; it may die in an hour of a single unwise word (Ouida Quotes) 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 (Ouida Quotes) There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats (Ouida Quotes) Nothing is so pleasant... as to display your worldly wisdom in epigram and dissertation, but it is a trifle tedious to hear another person display theirs (Ouida Quotes) Power is sweet, and when you are a little clerk you love its sweetness quite as much as if you were an emperor, and maybe you love it a good deal more (Ouida Quotes) The art of pleasing is more based on the art of seeming pleased than people think of, and she disarmed the prejudices of her enemies by the unaffected delight she appeared to take in themselves (Ouida Quotes) Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting (Ouida Quotes) Charity is a flower not naturally of earthly growth, and it needs manuring with a promise of profit (Ouida Quotes) For what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear? (Ouida Quotes) Death! It is rest to the aged, it is oblivion to the atheist, it is immortality to the poet! (Ouida Quotes) When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion fled, itself alone (Ouida Quotes) Hypocrites weep, and you cannot tell their tears from those of saints; but no bad man ever laughed sweetly yet (Ouida Quotes) In its permission to man to render subject to him all other living creatures of the earth, it continued the cruelty of the barbarian and the pagan, and endowed these with what appeared a divine authority (Ouida Quotes) Christianity has been cruel in much to the human race. It has quenched much of the sweet joy and gladness of life; it has caused the natural passions and affections of it to be held as sins (Ouida Quotes) You have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to steer, but the craft is some one else’s, and the haul too (Ouida Quotes) What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse (Ouida Quotes) When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one’s friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time (Ouida Quotes) Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss (Ouida Quotes) Women hope that the dead love may revive; but men know that of all dead things none are so past recall as a dead passion (Ouida Quotes) The heart of silver falls ever into the hands of brass. The sensitive herb is eaten as grass by the swine (Ouida Quotes)

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