Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. ✨ Samuel Jo…

Samuel Johnson
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1803). The History of Rasselas, Etc. [With a Life of Dr. Johnson.], p.71
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