quote · Legacy record
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward.
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward.
Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Earl Of Chesterfield
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- Approximate author period: c. 1733 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1694–1773)
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 118 · printed citation: Chesterfield · subject: Heroes
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