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A complaining tongue reveals an ungrateful heart.

William Arthur Ward

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William Arthur Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1921
Born: December 17
Died: 1994
Died: March 30
Writer
Louisiana
United States
Heart
Complainers
Whining
Ungrateful
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Complaining
Tongue

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