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Sleep |
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Quotations
 | Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 8 likes |
 | Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 7 likes |
 | The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright 4 likes |
 | Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. — Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer 4 likes |
 | Who said nights were for sleep? — Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress 4 likes |
 | Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them. — Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer 4 likes |
 | The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep. — Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher 3 likes |
 | A sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveler in a very far country. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 2 likes |
 | In whatever disease sleep is laborious, it is a deadly symptom; but if sleep does good, it is not deadly. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 2 likes |
| When sleep puts an end to delirium, it is a good symptom. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 2 likes |
 | Sleep is death without the responsibility. |
 | We are asleep. Our Life is a dream. But we wake up sometimes, just enough to know that we are dreaming. |
 | There is a knowledge in the heart of sleep. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher |
 | My first line of defense against reality is called sleep. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist |
 | As my cat would say, all hours are good for sleeping. |
 | Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind. — Malcolm de Chazal, 1902-1981, Mauritian thinker & aphorist |
Latin Quotes
 | The man who sleeps does not sin. Qui dormit, non peccat. 52 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 6 likes |
 | Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess what. — Antonio Machado, 1875-1939, Spanish poet & playwright (waking up) |
Funny Quotes
 | That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 19 likes |
 | I asked my wife, “last night, were you faking it?” She said, “No, I was really sleeping.” — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 9 likes |
 | Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. — Dave Barry, 1947-, American journalist 6 likes |
 | I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of a national emergency —even if I’m in a Cabinet meeting. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 5 likes |
 | I haven’t slept for ten days, because that would be too long. — Mitch Hedberg, 1968-2005, American comedian 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | ...of Sleep and Death, who are twin brothers. …Ύπνω και Θανάτω διδυμάοσιν. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad XVI 14 likes |
 | O dearest charm of sleep, ally against sickness. Ω φίλον ύπνου θέλγητρον, επίκουρον νόσου. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Orestes 9 likes |
| Sleep, universal king of gods and men. Ύπνε άναξ πάντων τε θεών πάντων τ' ανθρώπων. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad XIV 6 likes |
 | Daytime sleep indicates a distressed body or a troubled mind or laziness or lack of education. Ημερήσιοι ύπνοι σώματος όχλησιν ή ψυχής αδημοσύνην ή αργίην ή απαιδευσίην σημαίνουσι. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 5 likes |
| Both sleep and sleeplessness, when immoderate, are bad. Ύπνος, αγρυπνίη, αμφότερα μάλλον του μετρίου γινόμενα, νούσος. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 3 likes |
 | To the awake, one and the same world is common, but to the sleeping, each turns away into his own world. Τοις εγρηγορόσιν ένα και κοινόν κόσμον είναι, των δε κοιμωμένων έκαστον εις ίδιον αποστρέφεσθαι. |
Proverbs
 | You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. — American Indian proverb ‐ Navajo 6 likes |
 | Sleep is the best doctor. 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | It's sad to fall asleep. It separates people. Even when you're sleeping together, you're all alone. — from the film Breathless (1960) 7 likes |
