The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is…

Samuel Johnson
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The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, p.146
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The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, p.146

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