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

 

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!


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I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!

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He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for others' good, is a poor, frozen churl.

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