Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
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Quiet labor has a way of showing up later as visible stability. The harvest often reveals what routine has been doing in secret.
Franklin's image is agricultural, but the pattern is universal. Work done before applause, urgency, or panic usually becomes the difference between scrambling and standing.
The line stays useful because it honors preparation without romanticizing it. Discipline is rarely dramatic at the time it is practiced.
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