The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts wh…

Samuel Johnson
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The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2014). The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776, p.75, Princeton University Press
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The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. ✨ Samuel Johnson (2014). The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776, p.75, Princeton University Press

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