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Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

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.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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