73 Quotes by Ella Wilcox

Here, on this side of the grave,Here, should we labor and love.

God! though all other sins on earth persist,Strike dumb the blatant, loud-mouthed atheist.

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

Our souls should be vessels receivingThe waters of love for relievingThe sorrows of men.

Such menial duties; but her wayOf looking at them lent a graceTo things the world deemed commonplace.

Look in; and learn the wrong, and right,From your own soul's unwritten laws.And when you question, or demur,Let Love be your Interpreter.

Live to learn, and learn to liveIf you want to give men knowledgeYou must get, ere you give.

It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song. But the man worth while is the one who can smile, when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is troubled, And it always comes with the years. And the smiles that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.

Who is the wise? Not he who from the startWith Wisdom's followers has taken part;But he who looks in Folly's tempting eyes,And turns away, perceiving her disguise.