Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Quotes

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

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

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!

With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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