Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. ✨ Sam…

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Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1948). The wisdom of Dr. Johnson: being comments on life and moral precepts chosen from his writings
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Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1948). The wisdom of Dr. Johnson: being comments on life and moral precepts chosen from his writings

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