The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hour…

Samuel Johnson
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The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1848). The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler, p.273
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The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1848). The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler, p.273

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