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    But I, in the chilling twilight stand and wait
    At the portcullis, at thy castle gate,
    Longing to see the charmed door of dreams
    Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!

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What probing deep
Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?

What probing deep
Has ever solved the mystery of sleep?

by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Found in: Sleep Quotes,
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Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

by Anthony Burgess Found in: Sleep Quotes,
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Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,
Along the Psalmist's music read more

Of all the thoughts of God that are
Borne inward unto souls afar,
Along the Psalmist's music deep,
Now tell me if that any is.
For gift or grace, surpassing this--
"He giveth His beloved sleep."

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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that read more

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.

by Dale Carnegie Found in: Sleep Quotes, Worry Quotes,
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There is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the
libraries of the House of read more

There is nowhere in the world where sleep is so deep as in the
libraries of the House of Commons.

by Henry "chips" Channon Found in: Sleep Quotes,
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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished read more

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Sleep Quotes,
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How happy he whose toil
Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd
A pleasing lassitude; he not read more

How happy he whose toil
Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd
A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain
Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams.
His pow'rs the most voluptuously dissolve
In soft repose; on him the balmy dews
Of Sleep with double nutriment descend.

by John Armstrong Found in: Sleep Quotes,
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I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful read more

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark.

by Mary Stewart Found in: Sleep Quotes,
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Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

Sleep... Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death....

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