Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It …

Samuel Johnson
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Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). The Life of Samuel Johnson, p.220
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Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1866). The Life of Samuel Johnson, p.220

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