328 Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

And yet I would not be a child again.For surely as the night succeeds the day,So surely will their mirth turn into tears.And I would not return to happy hours,If I must live again these weary years.I would walk on, and leave it all behind:will walk on; and when my feet grow sore,The boatman waits—his sails are all unfurled—He waits to row me to a fairer shore.

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

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

Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.

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

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.

Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth, There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.

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

Cry and you'll cry alone, Laugh and the world will laugh with you.