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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:7570
AUTHOR:Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)
QUOTATION:Two hands upon the breast,
  And labour’s done; 1 
Two pale feet crossed in rest,
  The race is won.
ATTRIBUTION:Now and Afterwards.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 
Note 1.
Two hands upon the breast, and labour is past.—Russian Proverb. [back]
 

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