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Rejoice, and men will seek you Grieve, and they turn and go, They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many Be sad, and you lose them all,-- There are none to decline your nectar'd wine, But alone you must drink life's gall.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Age: 68 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 5
Died: 1919
Died: October 30
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Janesville
Wisconsin
Life
Pleasure
Seek
Woe
Friends
Friendship
Grieving
Turns
Drink
Rejoice
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Lose
Decline
Many
Loses
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Must
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Glad
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Wine
Nectar
Men
Alone
None
Grieve

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