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The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly, and to destroy is crime. There is no more than we need there is barely enough to go round.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Needs
Worth
Barely
Life
Joy
Ignore
Like
Grace
Folly
Beauty
Round
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Saving
Need
Destroy
Enough
Crime
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To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.
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The delusions of the past seem fond and foolish. The delusions of the present seem subtle and sane.
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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
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