English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Ouida Quotes

Ouida quote: "I have know a thousand scamps; but I never met one who..."

I have know a thousand scamps; but I never met one who considered himself so. Self-knowledge isn't so common.

Ouida

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take refuge in a liberal interpretation of them. We evangelicals also know how to avoid the sharp point of obedience by means of fine and intricate explanations. These are tailor-made for the flesh. They excuse disobedience, comfort carnality and make the words of Christ of none effect. And the essence of it all is that Christ simply could not have meant what He said. His... Aiden Wilson Tozer
Kenneth Miller quote: "No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive..."
No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery. Kenneth Miller
Marino Marini quote: "Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived..."
Each work has its own space, which should neither be conceived as a sort of cage nor regarded as extending to infinity. Marino Marini
The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it. Scott McNealy
To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while. Joshua Slocum
William Kapell quote: "The dull and stupid have a much easier time of it."
The dull and stupid have a much easier time of it. William Kapell
Lao Tzu quote: "To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go"
To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go Lao Tzu
Melina Mercouri quote: "Much has been said and continues to be said of what little..."
Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures. Melina Mercouri
Lynn Westmoreland quote: "I'm going to go back and find out where the money is. The..."
I'm going to go back and find out where the money is. The money is not getting down there. Lynn Westmoreland
My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it. Damien Hirst
I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, however, turns out to be not a state but a process. It needs not a map but a history... C. S. Lewis
Patrick Ewing quote: "Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or..."
Winning a ring is everybody's goal, whether you're a player or a coach. Patrick Ewing
I'm just, like, totally normal. The fact that any of this has happened, that we're sitting here at the Beverly Hills Hotel just gets me going, like, 'What?' Gwen Stefani
Juliana Hatfield quote: "Some of the songs are so crazy, the words are so crazy... it's..."
Some of the songs are so crazy, the words are so crazy... it's hard to believe I was so crazy. Juliana Hatfield
The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being. Hans Urs von Balthasar