Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dil…

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Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, p.653
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Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, p.653

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