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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
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Writer
Jamestown
New York
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Everybody
Complaint
Graceful
Utter
Complaints
Compliment

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