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Stanley Gordon West
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Stanley Gordon West (1932-2015) was an American author.
Misattributed
Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone
The original quote "Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone" is found in Ella Wheeler's poem "Solitude" (1883).http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnqp7f?urlappend=%3Bseq=135
A variant of this quote (with "weep" rather than "cry") is found in the 1892 novel Prince Arengzeba.Prince Arengzeba : a romance of lake George George Cable Glens Falls, N.Y W.H. Tippetts 68 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435017802703?urlappend=%3Bseq=74
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