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    Think that day lost whose (low) descending sun
    Views from thy hand no noble action done.
    [Lat., Virtus sui gloria.]

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Day!
Faster and more fast,
O'er night's brim, day boils at last;
Boils, pure read more

Day!
Faster and more fast,
O'er night's brim, day boils at last;
Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim.

by Robert Browning Found in: Day Quotes,
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Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?

Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Day Quotes,
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After the day there cometh the derke night;
For though the day be never so longe,
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After the day there cometh the derke night;
For though the day be never so longe,
At last the belles ringeth to evensonge.

by Stephen Hawes Found in: Day Quotes,
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Days that need borrow
No part of their good morrow,
From a fore-spent night of sorrow.

Days that need borrow
No part of their good morrow,
From a fore-spent night of sorrow.

by Richard Crashaw Found in: Day Quotes,
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Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day.

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day.

by Unknown Found in: Day Quotes,
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Cease not to learn until thou cease to live;
Think that day lost wherein thou draw'st no letter,
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Cease not to learn until thou cease to live;
Think that day lost wherein thou draw'st no letter,
To make thyself learneder, wiser, better.
[Fr., Jusqu'au cercuil (mon fils) vueilles apprendre,
Et tien perdu le jour qui s'est passe,
Si tu n'y as quelque chose ammasse,
Pour plus scavant et plus sage te rendre.]

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So here hath been dawning
Another blue day;
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip read more

So here hath been dawning
Another blue day;
Think, wilt thou let it
Slip useless away?
Out of eternity
This new day is born,
Into eternity
At night will return.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Day Quotes,
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Someday is not a day of the week.

Someday is not a day of the week.

by Ralph Marston Found in: Day Quotes,
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I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want read more

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

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