Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or libertinism.) (Benjamin Franklin)

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or libertinism.)

Benjamin Franklin

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