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Bert Williams
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“The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortunes.”
Bert Williams (1874–1922) first seen 1830 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bert Williams, The comic side of trouble, January 1918, American Magazine 85, 33-34, 58-60. Quoted in From traveling show to vaudeville: theatrical spectacle in America, 1830-1910, 2003, Robert M. Lewis, JHU Press, .
“Bert Williams has done more for the race than I have. He has smiled his way into people's hearts. I have been obliged to fight my way.”
Bert Williams (1874–1922) said by 1922 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source