“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”

—  William Blake, book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 41

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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

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