"Better to wear out than to rust out."
— Work
January 1, 1970
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Bishop Cumberland, to one who urged him not to wear himself out with work. See Horne, Sermon on the Duty of Contending for the Truth. Boswell, Tour to the Hebrides, p. 18. Note. Said by George Whitefield, according to Southey, Life of Wesley, II, p. 170. (Ed. 1858).
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Bishop Cumberland, to one who urged him not to wear himself out with work. See Horne, Sermon on the Duty of Contending for the Truth. Boswell, Tour to the Hebrides, p. 18. Note. Said by George Whitefield, according to Southey, Life of Wesley, II, p. 170. (Ed. 1858).