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There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

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Minna Antrim
Age: 88 †
Born: 1861
Born: October 13
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
American Writer
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Minna Thomas Antrim
Woman
Truth
Never
Unflattering
Oblique
Compliment
Latter
Prefer
Straight

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