Love has no great influences upon the sum of life. ✨ Samuel Johnson, A…

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Love has no great influences upon the sum of life. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous pieces, p.107
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