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Ouida Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Jan 1, 1839
  • Died: Jan 25, 1908

Ouida was the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness. beauty

Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. hope

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 views from William Butler Yeats

28 views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 quotes from Dave Barry

27 quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more views from Winston Churchill

74 more views from Winston Churchill