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We spend our midday sweat, our midnight oil; We tire the night in thought, the day in… — Francis Quarles

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We spend our midday sweat, our midnight oil; We tire the night in thought, the day in toil.

Francis Quarles
1635
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1635
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Quarles, Francis. Emblemes, Divine and Moral. London, 1635, bk. 2, emblem 2.

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