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It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through read more
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.
Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on read more
Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.
Without haste, but without rest.
Without haste, but without rest.
I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had.
I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest I've had.
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy read more
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
