So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future,…

Samuel Johnson
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So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and sentiments which this contrariety of appearance naturally produces, that the conversation of the old and young ends generally with contempt or pity on either side. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1784). The Rambler: In Four Volumes.., p.88
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