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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Ouida

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

Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.

Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung with our hearts.

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