What did Ouida mean by: The scorn of genius is the most arrogant and the most boundless of all scorn. - Ouida Author Copy
+ Dishonor is like the Aaron’s Beard in the hedgerows; it can only poison if it be plucked. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Beard, Poison, 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Death! It is rest to the aged, it is oblivion to the atheist, it is immortality to the poet! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Atheism, Death, Oblivion, 0 - Ouida Author
+ There is no applause that so flatters a man as that which he wrings from unwilling throats. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Applause, Throat, 0 - Ouida Author
+ There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such poisoned blade as treachery. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ouida, Blades, Knives, 0 - Ouida Author
Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter. - Francois Delsarte Musician · France
The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius. - Washington Allston Painter · USA
Genius is what a man invents when he is looking for a way out. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it’s not arrogant. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm. - Jeffrey Kluger Journalist · USA
