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The worst in life, we are told, is compatible with the best in art. So too the worst in life is compatible with the best in humour.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
Biographer
Essayist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Compatible
Humour
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Worst
Art

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The universality of a custom is pledge of its worth.
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