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Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

John Selden

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John Selden
Age: 69 †
Born: 1584
Born: December 16
Died: 1654
Died: November 30
Jurist
Politician
Writer
Intermission
Pleasure
Pain
Else
Nothing

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