Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quote
We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest;And deal full many a thoughtless blow,To those who love us best.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
We flatter those we scarcely know,We please the fleeting guest;And deal full many a thoughtless blow,To those who love us best.
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About Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection Poems of Passion and the poem "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.