William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer
" On a Sun-Dial http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Hazlitt/Sundial.htm" (New Monthly Magazine, October 1827) <br class="br">Men and Manners: Sketches and Essays (1852)
“I only count the hours that shine.”
— Cassandra Clare, book City of Glass
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