Ouida

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others. ↗

— Ouida

#selfishness #energy

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman. ↗

— Ouida

#cowardice #men #women #men

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards. --"Wanda ↗

— Ouida

#god #prayer #self-help #cowardice

What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth? --"Wanda ↗

— Ouida

#love #repentance #forgiveness

He mistook, as the cleverest men often do mistake, in underrating the cruelty of women. ↗

— Ouida

#women #men

I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not. ↗

— Ouida

#nature #subjectivity #life

The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace. ↗

— Ouida

#peace #the-world #experience

There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension. --"Wanda ↗

— Ouida

#sin #understanding #wrongs #religion

A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. ↗

— Ouida

#every #hand #oils #run #runs

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. ↗

— Ouida

#chicanery #innocence #kind #must #only