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I know not how to abstain from reading.

Samuel Pepys

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Samuel Pepys
Age: 71 †
Born: 1632
Born: February 23
Died: 1703
Died: May 26
Diarist
Justice Of The Peace
Member Of Parliament
Politician
Writer
the City
Pepys
Abstain
Reading

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