Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued. ✨ Bert…

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Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2015). The Conquest of Happiness, p.89, Lulu Press, Inc
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Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2015). The Conquest of Happiness, p.89, Lulu Press, Inc

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