A Quote by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

'Tis they who are in their own chambers haunted By thoughts that like unbidden guests intrude, And sit down, uninvited and unwanted, And make a nightmare of the solitude.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
American - Writer
November 5, 1850 - October 30, 1919

Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.

William Shakespeare

Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.

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He entertained these thoughts awkwardly, as a man entertains unexpected guests. Then, as he reached his objective, he pushed these thoughts away, as a man apologizes to his guests, and leaves them, muttering something about a prior engagement.

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I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

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