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There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance.

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
Life
Holds
Wearisome
Significance
Catches
Fancy
Monotonous
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Slogans
Lack
Phrase
Virtue
Repetition
Public
Fairly
Things
Phrases
Fatiguing

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