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“It is an admirable skill to able to sweeten a refusal with civil words which atone for the favor which we are not able to grant.” quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable — Download Open image

“It is an admirable skill to able to sweeten a refusal with civil words which atone for the favor which we are not able to grant.”

Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

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