Quotes about sleep
53 quotes from 39 people
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
Ursula K. Le Guin1929–2018The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 3 “The Mad King” (p. 42)Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970The Conquest of Happiness (1930)To all, to each, a fair good-night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light!We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act I, Scene IV, spoken by MercutioIn contextTrue, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasyWilliam Shakespeare1564–1616Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act I, Scene IV, spoken by MercutioIn context- William Shakespeare1564–1616A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c. 1595), Act IV, Scene I, spoken by BottomIn context
- William Shakespeare1564–1616A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c. 1595), Act V, Scene I, spoken by PuckIn context
Percy Bysshe Shelley1792–1822Queen Mab (1813), Canto IThou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe;
But ’tis the happy that have called thee so.
Robert Southey1774–1843The Curse of Kehama (1810), Canto XV, st. 11.
