There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all deriv…

William Hazlitt
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There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature. ✨ William Hazlitt (1824). Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on Marriage A-la-mode.., p.51
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There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature. ✨ William Hazlitt (1824). Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on Marriage A-la-mode.., p.51

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