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Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.
-Bertrand Russell
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Any Pleasure That Does No Harm To

Bertrand Russell
Any pleasure that does no harm to other people is to be valued.
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The time and the quality of the time that their parents devote to them indicate to children the degree to which they are valued by their parents. . . . when children know that they are valued, when they truly feel valued in the deepest parts of themselves, then they feel valuable. this knowledge is worth more than any gold.
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