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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
Jessamyn West

Biography

Author Profession: Author
Nationality: American
Born: June 18, 1902
Died: February 23, 1984

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