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Quiet night, that brings Best 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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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Writer
Salisbury
England
Philip Massinger
Dare
Early
Labourer
Quiet
Labourers
Sleep
Dares
Wrong
Outlaw
Night
Rises
Best
Ended
Work
Brings

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