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There is no illusion so permanent as that which enables us to look backward with complacency there is no mental process so deceptive as the comparing of recollections with realities.

Agnes Repplier

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Agnes Repplier
Age: 92 †
Born: 1858
Born: April 1
Died: 1950
Died: December 15
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Essayist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Illusion
Recollection
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Complacency
Reality
Backward
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Enables
Looks
Realities
Compare
Recollections
Permanent
Deceptive

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