Quote#Work
Quiet night that brings
Quote byPhilip Massinger · 1583–1640
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Guardian (1633), Act II, scene iv.
English (original)
Quiet night that brings Rest to the labourer, is the outlaw's day, In which he rises early to do wrong, And when his work is ended, dares not sleep.
— Philip Massinger
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