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 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge.  
 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth 
knowledge. 
The long days are no happier than the short ones.
The long days are no happier than the short ones.
 Think that day lost whose (low) descending sun
 Views from thy hand no noble action done.
  [Lat., read more 
 Think that day lost whose (low) descending sun
 Views from thy hand no noble action done.
  [Lat., Virtus sui gloria.] 
 Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
 The bridal of the earth and sky,
  The dew read more 
 Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,
 The bridal of the earth and sky,
  The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;
   For thou must die. 
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
 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.] 
 Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
 Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.  
 Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
 Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. 
 From fibers of pain and hope and trouble
 And toil and happiness,--one by one,--
  Twisted together, or read more 
 From fibers of pain and hope and trouble
 And toil and happiness,--one by one,--
  Twisted together, or single or double,
   The varying thread of our life is spun.
    Hope shall cheer though the chain be galling;
     Light shall come though the gloom be falling;
      Faith will list for the Master calling
       Our hearts to his rest,--when the day is done. 
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.