Ouida
Ouida
Ouidawas the pseudonym of the English novelist Maria Louise Ramé...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 January 1839
garden bears would-be
Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society possible; without its amenities the world would be a bear-garden.
envy emulation virtue
Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.
spring night years
The fire of true enthusiasm is like the fires of Baku, which no water can ever quench, and which burn steadily on from night to day, and year to year, because their well-spring is eternal.
woe depth affliction
We only see clearly when we have reached the depths of woe.
childhood early hope people summit value
We hope that when the summit is over, people will see the value of early childhood education.
conducive developing gross increase language motor oral sitting tv watching
Watching TV is just passive, because they are just sitting there. You are not developing your gross motor skills. ... It is not conducive to oral language development. It is not going to increase your oral language skills.