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Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; "Tis meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot." Tis the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man even. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615Blessed be he that invented sleep. — Miguel de Cervantes · 1615Care 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 · 1597Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. — Herman Melville · 1851Sleep is sweet to the laboring man. — John Bunyan · 1678All 27 quotes →Sleep as balm3 quotes
Sleep is sweet to the laboring man. — John Bunyan · 1678If thou wilt ease thine heart
Of lover and all its smart
Then sleep, dear, sleep. — Thomas Lovell Beddoes · 1850Sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eyes,
Steal me awhile from mine own company. — William Shakespeare · 1599Falling asleep2 quotes
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids. — Psalm 132:4 · 450 BCThe trick to falling asleep is trying to stay awake. — T, 4 Medic Wade · 1998Sleep and death2 quotes
I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death. — Nas · 1994Living is an illness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death. — Nicolas Chamfort · 1796Trouble sleeping2 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 · 1597Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. — Herman Melville · 1851Waking up2 quotes
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is soon depressed by the thought of the contrast that awaits it. — Alessandro Manzoni · 1842Adventure1 quote
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe-
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew. — Eugene Field · 1889Broken heart1 quote
If thou wilt ease thine heart
Of lover and all its smart
Then sleep, dear, sleep. — Thomas Lovell Beddoes · 1850Death1 quote
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. — Herman Melville · 1851Dreams1 quote
All men whilst they are awake are in one common world; but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. — HeraclitusGood habits1 quote
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Habits1 quote
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Hard times1 quote
The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is soon depressed by the thought of the contrast that awaits it. — Alessandro Manzoni · 1842Insomnia1 quote
O 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 · 1597Moving forward1 quote
If thou wilt ease thine heart
Of lover and all its smart
Then sleep, dear, sleep. — Thomas Lovell Beddoes · 1850Naps1 quote
Daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh; the more you have the more you want, and yet you feel unhappy, sated and unsated at the same time. — Umberto Eco · 1980Old age1 quote
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. — Herman Melville · 1851The human condition1 quote
Living is an illness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. The remedy is death. — Nicolas Chamfort · 1796Time management1 quote
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Universal beliefs1 quote
Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing,
Beloved from pole to pole! — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Worry1 quote
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 · 1597Youth vs. old age1 quote
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 · 1597