Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it i…

Samuel Johnson
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Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2014). The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume I: 1731-1772, p.208, Princeton University Press
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