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Sleeping prayer

I am placing my soul and my body
On Thy sanctuary this night, O God,
On Thy sanctuary, O Jesus Christ,
On Thy sanctuary, O Spirit of perfect truth,
The Three who would defend my cause,
Nor turn Their backs upon me....

Spells and incantations British

A man is old when he takes the whole night to do what he used to do all night long.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night, man, old, olderness

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night

Wait until it is night before saying it has been a fine day.

Proverbs and old sayings French about night, day

Boast during the day; be humble at night.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about night, day

A decision made at night may be changed in the morning.

Proverbs and old sayings about night

Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.

Proverbs and old sayings Chinese about fight, night, wife, day, man

The night rinses what the day has soaped.

Proverbs and old sayings Swiss about night, day

The day without work, the night without sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about sleep, night, work, day

Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in morning, sailors take warning.

Proverbs and old sayings Canadian about sky, night

Red sky at night shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning

Proverbs and old sayings British about sky, night, old, olderness

The night may be dark, but the apples have been counted.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about dark, night

Sunshine always follows a dark night.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dark, night

Lack of knowledge is darker than night.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about knowledge, night

However long the night, the dawn will break.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about night

The sun shines during the day, not at night.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun, night, day
Authors
Adrian PopescuEdmund BurkeOlga Alexandra DiaconuDorel DorianDonald McNichol SutherlandIon VarticEdward R. MurrowAndy PartridgeDave WillisYasunari KawabataOlimpia BercaGarabet IbraileanuJames S. TrefilLuc FerrariPeter SragherValeriu Braniste
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