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“Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.”

“Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.”

Lying Turns Wish Bed Six News Labor Luck Foundation Lays Busy Legacy Pens Hammers Competence Postman

Book:Thrift

Source: Thrift

“My hopes were all dead --- struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-born in the land of Egypt. I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive.”

Firsts Night Wish Born Land Lays Disappointment Yesterday Subtle Egypt Chill Doom Corpses One Night Glowing Starks Revive Blooming

Book:Jane Eyre

Source: Jane Eyre

“What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside their arms, even while sleeping or eating, and are always in dread lest the foe should enter the fortress by some breach in the walls. O my Lord and my all! How canst thou wish us to prize such a wretched existence?”

Men World Life Should Wish Sleep Existence Lord Enemy Doors This World Wall Arms Eating Lays Misery Prize Dread Foe Wretched Breach Fortresses

Book:The Interior Castle, or the Mansions

Source: The Interior Castle, or the Mansions

“I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of lead-With the Wise and the Brave-I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.”

Pain Wish Wise Lays Brave Graves Coffins

Book:Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches

Source: Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches

“I lay very little stress either upon asking or giving advice. Generally speaking, they who ask advice know what they wish to do, and remain firm to their intentions. A man may allow himself to be enlightened on various points, even upon matters of expediency and duty; but, after all, he must determine his course of action, for himself.”

Knows Men Giving May Littles Matter Action Courses Asks Wish Advice Duty Stress Asking Lays Intention Determine Various Firm Enlightened Expediency Giving Advice

Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt

“I wish I had read Sacred Pregnancy when I was pregnant instead of the dozen books I had to piece together to try to make sense of it all. Anni Daulter has created what should be the new standard for today's mom: birth journals, labor workbooks, pregnancy memoirs, and holistic wisdom. It is gentle and enlightening, and lays the foundation for what we know helps women have the labor and birth they want and deserve: support, self-knowledge, and empowerment.”

“I don't believe in publishers who wish to butter their bannocks on both sides while they'll hardly allow an author to smell treacle. I consider they are too grabby altogether and like Methodists they love to keep the Sabbath and everything else they can lay hands upon.”

Believe Hands Wish Sides Lays Don't Believe Smell Publishers Both Sides Sabbath Methodists Treacle

Book:Thine in storm and calm: an Amanda McKittrick Ros reader

Source: Thine in storm and calm: an Amanda McKittrick Ros reader

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”