The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts…

Mark Twain
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The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another. ✨ Mark Twain (2010). Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review, p.130, Univ of Wisconsin Press
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