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“And the best of all ways To lengthen our days Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Young May Moon.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- ee2d94cf173fc171c794776bef10b19414279e01ec96051365bebe130b1c5210
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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