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Momenta desultoria

Constantijn Huygens

XXIV.

IF thou hast any businesse of consequence in agitation, let thy care be reasonable, and seasonable: continuall standing bent weakens the bow: Too hasty drawing breaks it. Put off thy cares with thy cloathes: So shall thy rest strengthen thy labour; and so shall thy labour sweeten thy rest.

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