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But self-satisfaction, if as buoyant as gas, has an ugly trick of collapsing when full blown, and facts are stony things that refuse to melt away in the sunshine of a smile.

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
Self
Tricks
Buoyant
Things
Satisfaction
Stony
Refuse
Collapsing
Ugly
Melt
Smile
Blown
Full
Gas
Facts
Trick
Away
Sunshine

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