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A dead grief is easier to bear than a live trouble.

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
Live
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Grief
Bears
Easier
Dead
Trouble

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Where there is no temptation, there is no virtue.
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The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.
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People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
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Laughter springs from the lawless part of our nature, and is purifying only in so far as there is a natural and unschooled goodness in the human heart.
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whereas the dog strives to lessen the distance between himself and man, seeks ever to be intelligent and intelligible, and translates into looks and actions the words he cannot speak, the cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
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English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.
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The carefully fostered theory that schoolwork can be made easy and enjoyable breaks down as soon as anything, however trivial, has to be learned.
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The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat.
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The earliest voice listened to by the nations in their infancy was the voice of the storyteller.
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the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.
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