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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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Essayist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Funny
Distorts
Women
Pedestal
Nothing
Earthly
Hunting
Laughed
Gods
False
Humor
Pedestals

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