The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindle…

Samuel Johnson
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The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1787). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. In Eleven Volumes ..., p.156
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