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Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven,
Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.
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Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) Compare: "Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix", Translation of lines quoted by Edward Coke.

 

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