Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mi…

Samuel Johnson
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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 1, p. 467 (5 August 1763)
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