Every period of life is obliged to borrow its happiness from time to c…

Samuel Johnson
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Every period of life is obliged to borrow its happiness from time to come. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1761). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.212
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Every period of life is obliged to borrow its happiness from time to come. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1761). The Rambler: In Four Volumes, p.212

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