Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“A weed is but an unloved flower.”

“Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone;For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,But has trouble enough of its own.Sing, and the hills will answer;Sigh, it is lost on the a...”

“We two make banquets of the plainest fareIn every cup we find the thrill of pleasure... For us life always moves with lilting measureWe two, we two, we make our world, our pleasure”

“We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest;And deal full many a thoughtless blow,To those who love us best.”

“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.”

“Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.”

“Feast, and your halls are crowdedFast, and the world goes bySucceed and give, and it helps you liveBut no man can help you die”

“A poor original is better than a good imitation.”

“Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.”

“After the fierce midsummer all ablaze Has burned itself to ashes, and expires In the intensity of its own fires,There come the mellow, mild, St. Martin daysCrowned with the calm of peace, but sad w...”

“It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his packBut no one can rate a burden's weightUntil it has been on his back”

“Advice"I must do as you do? Your way I ownIs a very good way, and still,There are sometimes two straight roads to a town,One over, one under the hill.You are treading the safe and the well-worn way...”

“All Mad"'He is mad as a hare, poor fellow, And should be in chains,' you say,I haven't a doubt of your statement, But who isn't mad, I pray?Why, the world is a great asylum, And the people are all...”

“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”

“In time the earth will be inhabited by almost god-like beings who shall analyze and discuss the remnants of humanity as we now discuss the chimpanzee.”

“I love your lips when they're wet with wine and red with wicked desire”

“Why, even Death stands still and waits an hour for such a will.”

“Moon and SeaYou are the moon, dear love, and I the sea:The tide of hope swells high within my breast,And hides the rough dark rocks of life's unrestWhen your fond eyes smile near in perigee.But whe...”

“UselessnessLet mine not be the saddest fate of all, To live beyond my greater self; to see My faculties decaying, as the tree Stands stark and helpless while its green leaves fall Let me hear rat...”

“No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, ...”