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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

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Samuel Johnson

English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)

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lo que se escribe sin esfuerzo en general se lee sin placer.

जो प्रयास के बिना लिखा गया है वह सामान्य रूप से आनंद के बिना पढ़ा जाता है।

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