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Thou canst not force my soul to wish thee ill, That is the only evil that can kill.
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
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Say you are well, or all is well with you, and God shall hear your words and make them true.
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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.
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'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
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Our lives are songs God write the words And we set them to music at pleasure And the song grows glad, or sweet or sad, As we choose to fashion the measure.
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Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .
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Through strife the slumbering soul awakes, We learn on error's troubled route The truths we could not prize without The sorrow of our sad mistakes.
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The passion you forbade my lips to utter Will not be silenced. You must hear it in The sullen thunders when they roll and mutter: And when the tempest nears, with wail and din, I know your calm forgetfulness is broken, And to your heart you whisper, He has spoken.
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The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.
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There is no balking genius. Only death can silence it or hinder.
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So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.
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High in the heavens I saw the moon this morning, Albeit the sun shone bright Unto my soul it spoke, in voice of warning, Remember Night!
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While forced to dwell apart from thy dear face, Love, robed like sorrow, led me by the hand And taught my doubting heart to understand That which has puzzled all the human race.
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Time is the best avenger.
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And the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through tears.
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Change is the watchword of progression.
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Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it.
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Life is a garden forever in flower.
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