There's one sad truth in life ...

There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying east and west - The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. 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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 Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
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 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.
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 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Oh! I know this truth, if I know no other, That passionate Love is Pain's own mother.
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 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.
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 Ella Wheeler Wilcox
There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.
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 Ella Wheeler Wilcox