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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

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Age: 68 †
Born: 1850
Born: November 5
Died: 1919
Died: October 30
Author
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Janesville
Wisconsin
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Laugh
Sad
Laughing
Borrow
Trouble
Laughs
Alone
Weep
Earth
Weeping
Enough
Sadness
Punctual
Must
Punctuality
World
Laughter

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