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Ella Wheeler Wilcox Musical Artist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Nov 5, 1850
  • Died: Oct 30, 1919

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was "Solitude", which contains the lines, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone". Her autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year before her death.

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

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

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

The man who radiates good cheer, who makes life happier wherever he meets it, is always a man of vision and faith. faith

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. art & sad

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

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 quotes from William Blake

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For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 views from Storm Jameson

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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 more quotes from Victor Hugo

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