The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
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The greatest men are most open to cares and troubles of mind, which disturb their repose in the night, while the sleep of the labouring man is sweet and sound. We know not the uneasiness of many who live in great pomp, and, as others vainly think, in pleasure also.