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It is unwise to feel too much if we think too little.

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
Feel
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Much
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Thinking
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Feelings
Littles
Little

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