Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

About Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

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.
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Let there be many windows to your soul, that all the glory of the world may beautify it.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his pack But no one can rate a burden's weight Until it has been on his back

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A poor original is better than a good imitation.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

We two make banquets of the plainest fare In every cup we find the thrill of pleasure... For us life always moves with lilting measure We two, we two, we make our world, our pleasure

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air; The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shri...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Moon and Sea You are the moon, dear love, and I the sea: The tide of hope swells high within my breast, And hides the rough dark rocks of life's unrest When your fond eyes smile near in perigee. But when that loving face is turned from me, Low falls ...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There are two kinds of people on earth today, Two kinds of people no more I say. Not the good or the bad, for it's well understood, The good are half bad, the bad are half good. Not the happy or sad, for in the swift-flying years, Bring each man his ...

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.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Feast, and your halls are crowded Fast, and the world goes by Succeed and give, and it helps you live But no man can help you die

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

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.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Author Bio

  • NameElla Wheeler Wilcox
  • DescriptionAmerican author and poet
  • BornNovember 5, 1850
  • DiedOctober 30, 1919
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author