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"Even such is man, whose glory lends His life a blaze or two, and ends."
Francis QuarlesWe spend our midday sweat, our midnight oil; — Francis Quarles
"We spend our midday sweat, our midnight oil; We tire the night in thought, the day in toil."
Francis Quarles
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Francis Quarles was an English poet most notable for his emblem book entitled Emblems.
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