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Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.
Suzanne Curchod
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Suzanne Curchod
Age: 55 †
Born: 1739
Born: May 6
Died: 1794
Died: May 15
Salonnière
Socialite
Writer
Crassier VD
Louise-Suzanne Necker
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Obstinacy
Stubbornness
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