Men become friends by a community of pleasures. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1797…

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Men become friends by a community of pleasures. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1797). The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, Etc. (A New Edition, Being the Ninth.)., p.98
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