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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: We flatter those...

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We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,/And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.

Source: Life's Scars.
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, (Nov 5 1850-1919), US writer, poet, journalist; She wrote 40 volumes of sentimental verse including Solitude.


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