A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is easy enough to be pleasant,
   When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is one who will smile,
   When everything goes dead wrong.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist
Poem (1892), “Worth While,” st. 1, An Erring Woman’s Love

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