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I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!

Joanna Baillie

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Joanna Baillie
Age: 88 †
Born: 1762
Born: September 11
Died: 1851
Died: February 23
Playwright
Poet
Tragedy Writer
Writer
Joanna Baillie
Would
Laughing
Men
Please
World
Seen
Better
Pleases
Everything
Disgusting
Mean
Absurd
Much
Ridiculous
Made
Laugh

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