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The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic. Jean Paul		Monday Feb 16, 2026
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I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child. Bessie Smith

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	Bessie Smith
	Bessie Smith (July, 1892 or April, 1894 - September 26, 1937) was the most popular and successful female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s, and a strong influence on subsequent generations, including Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. Read More

Other Bessie Smith Quotes

When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.

The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing

There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

I've been poor and I've been rich, and rich is better.

I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.

No time to marry, no time to settle down; I'm a young woman, and I ain't done runnin' around.