There's one sad truth in life I've found While journeying e… - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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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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Ella Wheeler Wilcox (5 November 1850 – 30 October 1919) was an American poet.

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