The only true time which a man can properly call his own, is that whic…

Charles Lamb
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The only true time which a man can properly call his own, is that which he has all to himself; the rest, though in some sense he may be said to live it, is other people's time, not his. ✨ Charles Lamb (1835). Essays of Elia, p.215
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The only true time which a man can properly call his own, is that which he has all to himself; the rest, though in some sense he may be said to live it, is other people's time, not his. ✨ Charles Lamb (1835). Essays of Elia, p.215

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