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The Renaissance4 quotes
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And, where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruisèd youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. — William Shakespeare · 1597O sleep, O gentle sleep,
Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down
And steep my senses in forgetfulness? — William Shakespeare · 1597Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eyes,
Steal me awhile from mine own company. — William Shakespeare · 1599Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care,
The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath,
Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast. — William Shakespeare · 1616Classical antiquity2 quotes
Sleep, the brother of Death. — Homer · 700 BCO sleep's enchantment, friend and helper against sickness. — Euripides · 408 BCOld Testament Era2 quotes
Thy sleep shall be sweet. — Proverbs 3:24 · 686 BCI will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids. — Psalm 132:4 · 450 BCColonial America1 quote
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Spanish Golden Age1 quote
Blessed be he that invented sleep. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615