There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must all file on through the narrow aisles of pain. (Ella Wheeler Wilcox)

There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must all file on through the narrow aisles of pain.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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