He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else. ✨ In J…

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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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