No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life o…

Samuel Johnson
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No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 316 (June 1784).
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No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. ✨ In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 316 (June 1784).

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