Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation i…

Samuel Johnson
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Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2014). The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume III: 1777-1781, p.249, Princeton University Press
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