To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the ba…

Samuel Johnson
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well. ✨ The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume I: 1731-1772.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well. ✨ The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume I: 1731-1772.

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