Famous quotes containing the word wilcox:
“Give us that grand word woman once again,
And lets have done with lady; ones a term
Full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm,
Fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen;
And ones a word for lackeys.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (18551919)
“Its the set of the sails and not the gales,
That bids them where to go.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (18501919)
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone,
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (18501919)