Sayings about Sleeping
As the master sleeps, the servant dreams. ~ Swedish Proverbs
Sleep is the cousin of death. ~ Congolese Proverb
Joy and sorrow sleep in the same bed. ~ Czech Proverb
Poverty is even worse if you have to sleep on the edge of a crowded bed. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. ~ English Proverbs
The guard’s sleep is the lamplight of the thief. ~ Iranian Proverbs
Lazy men get active when it’s time to sleep. ~ German Proverbs
Small children won’t let you sleep, bigger children won’t let you live. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Curse your wife at evening, sleep alone at night. ~ Chinese Proverb
The more you know the less will you sleep. ~ Russian Proverbs
Poor men sleep the best. ~ Japanese Proverb
If bad luck is asleep you must not awaken it. ~ German Proverb
He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache. ~ Swiss Proverbs
He who cannot sleep can still dream. ~ Ivorian Proverb
No sleep, no dream. ~ Korean Proverb
He who sleeps in a silver bed has golden dreams. ~ German Proverb
The worst things in life are: To be in bed and sleep not, to want for one who comes not, to try to please and please not. ~ Arabian Proverb
A man with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace. ~ Chadian Proverb
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.~ English Proverb
Evil knows where evil sleeps. ~ Nigerian Proverb
It is only in your coffin that you sleep really well. ~ Indian Proverbs
A sleeping fox counts chicken in his dreams. ~ Russian Proverb
In the hotel of decisions the guests sleep well. ~ Iranian Proverb
The potter sleeps soundly, for no one would steal clay. ~ Indian Proverb
Success and rest don’t sleep together. ~ Russian Proverb
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs
Men and women sleep on the same pillow, but they have different dreams. ~ Mongolian Proverb
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. ~ Irish Proverbs
If you are threatened by a man, sleep at night, if it is by a woman then stay awake. ~ African Proverb
Sins hide not in your sleep but in your dreams. ~ Yiddish Proverb
I have so much to do…that I am going to bed. ~ French Proverb
For some of us happiness comes while we sleep. ~ French Proverb
There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won’t bring her to the window. ~ Spanish Proverb
Sleep faster — we need the pillows. ~ Yiddish Proverb
Rent and taxes never sleep. ~ German Proverb
If you want to sleep well, buy the bed of a bankrupt. ~ Spanish Proverb
Quotations about Sleeping
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction. ~ Comte De Lautreamont
People who snore always fall asleep first. ~ Author Unknown
There is nothing like a sleepless couch for a clear vision of one’s environment. ~ Arnold Bennett
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one. ~ Leo J. Burke
The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep. ~ E. Joseph Cossman
He who sleeps half a day has won half a life. ~ Karl Kraus
There will be sleeping enough in the grave. ~ Benjamin Franklin
If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for in the morning, sleep late. ~ Henny Youngman
Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants. ~ Jessamyn West
Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep. ~ Fran Lebowitz
The amount of sleep required by the average person is about half an hour more. ~ Evan Esar
If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. ~ Dale Carnegie
How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams. ~ Bram Stoker
The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more. ~ Wilson Mizner
I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. ~ Anthony Burgess
There is no hope for a civilization which starts each day to the sound of an alarm clock. ~ Author Unknown
Sleep ’til you’re hungry, eat ’til you’re sleepy. ~ Author Unknown
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man. ~ John Bunyan
Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery. ~ Tad Williams
The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep. ~ Rumi
God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Sleep doesn’t help if it’s your soul that’s tired. ~ Author unknown
Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
S leep is not a waste of time. During sleep, a variety of biological processes take place that restore our bodies and minds. ~ Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer
Thus we travel from sleep to sleep, learning again to dream. ~ Nico Slate
I’m not asleep… but that doesn’t mean I’m awake. ~ Author Unknown
When every inch of the world is known, sleep may be the only wilderness that we have left. ~ Louise Erdrich
Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night. ~ George Allen
You lose such a lot of time just sleeping!… when you might be just living, you know. It seems such a pity we can’t live nights, too. ~ Eleanor H. Porter
No day is so bad it can’t be fixed with a nap. ~ Carrie Snow
Sleep is the best meditation. ~ Dalai Lama
To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ~ Joan Klempner
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can’t get there, is the meanest feeling in the world. ~ Edgar Watson Howe
It is one of life’s bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting. ~ Daniel Handler
The reasons we can’t sleep at night are usually the same reasons we don’t truly live during the day. ~ Michael Xavier
Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night… without the satisfaction. ~ Lynn Johnston