Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which ever…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.185
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Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.185

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