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Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Johnson argues that even if life is short it can still feel dull, since we keep grabbing at petty diversions just to get through our hours. The sting is that we squander the very time we can never recover, filling it with trifles.
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