What did Ouida mean by: Dishonor is like the Aaron’s Beard in the hedgerows; it can only poison if it be plucked. - Ouida Author Copy
+ A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Hands, Oil, Running, 0 - Ouida Author
+ One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Care, Coward, 0 - Ouida Author
+ I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Coward, Father, Wish, 0 - Ouida Author
+ The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Arrogance, Genius, Scorn, 0 - Ouida Author
+ It needs a great nature to bear the weight of a great gratitude. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Gratitude, Weight, 0 - Ouida Author
+ Most crimes are sanctioned in some form or other when they take grand names. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Crime, Prison, 0 - Ouida Author
+ Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Children, Genius, Influence, 0 - Ouida Author
+ Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Optimism, 0 - Ouida Author
Ah! fraudful malice! how shall wisdom’s care Escape the poison of thy gilded snare! - William Julius Mickle Poet · Scotland
That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison. - Francois Fenelon Poet · France
Christianity gave Eros poison to drink; he did not die of it, certainly, but degenerated to Vice. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness. - Friedrich Schiller Playwright · Germany
To not forgive is to drink a little poison each day and expect the other person to die. - Mary Morrissey Motivational speaker and life coach
The snakes are always against the prohibition of the poisons; and the arms traders, of the arms! - Mehmet Murat Ildan Playwright and novelist · Turkey
Criticism is like medicine. It’s poison unless carefully administered at the right dose. - Michael Hyatt Leadership mentor
If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison’ it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later. - Lewis Carroll Author · England