Learn that the present hour alone is man's. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1754). I…

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Learn that the present hour alone is man's. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1754). Irene: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Samuel Johnson, p.35
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor. ✨ Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 375-78, The Rambler No. 110, 1922.
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Learn that the present hour alone is man's. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1754). Irene: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Samuel Johnson, p.35

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