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

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

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About Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles (baptised May 8, 1592, died September 8, 1644) was a prolific English prose-writer and poet. He is now best known for his Emblems (1638) and other moral and devotional verse.

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