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the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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the tea-hour is the hour of peace ... strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle - a tranquilizing sound, second only to the purring of a cat.
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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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Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue.
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