Agnes Repplier's Quote - People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in

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People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. – Agnes Repplier

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What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh! – Agnes Repplier

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Laughter

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Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. – Agnes Repplier

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Humor

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It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization. – Agnes Repplier

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Coffee (or Tea)

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