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Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.
Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.
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.
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far read more
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
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.
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.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
