What is easy is seldom excellent. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2009). The Lives o…

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What is easy is seldom excellent. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2009). The Lives of the Poets: A Selection, p.435, OUP Oxford
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What is easy is seldom excellent. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2009). The Lives of the Poets: A Selection, p.435, OUP Oxford

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