Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
July 11, 1851
Journals (1838-1859)
“A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.”
— Emily Brontë, book Wuthering Heights
Nelly Dean (Ch. VII).
Source: Wuthering Heights (1847)
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Source: Anonymous reader point out that quote appears on internet from 2015. Rumi, having died in the 1200s, when the first mention of this quote was around 2015.
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