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Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.

William Feather

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William Feather
Age: 91 †
Born: 1889
Born: August 25
Died: 1981
Died: January 7
Author
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Jamestown
New York
Complaint
Graceful
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Complaints
Compliment
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Everybody

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