Wanda, Countess von Szalras. Quotes

“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, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

“I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

“I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not.”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

“He mistook, as the cleverest men often do mistake, in underrating the cruelty of women.”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

“Is there a more pitiable spectacle than that of a wife contending with others for that charm in her husband's sight which no philters and no prayers can renew when once it has fled forever?
Women are so unwise. Love is like a bird's song beautiful and eloquent when heard in forest freedom, harsh and worthless in repetition when sung from behind prison bars.
You cannot secure love by vigilance, by environment, by captivity. What use is it to keep the person of a man beside you if his soul be truant from you?”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.

“The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace.”
― Ouida, Wanda, Countess von Szalras.