Sleeping Quotes

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Whoever is ashamed to sleep with his wife will never have children. ~ Egyptian Proverbs

Who is known as an early riser may sleep longer. ~ French Proverbs

Whenever I work hard for other people, I always sleep on an empty stomach. ~ Bantu Proverbs

When three people say you are drunk, go to sleep. ~ Georgian Proverbs

When misfortune sleeps, let no one wake her. ~ Spanish Prove

To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ~ Joan Klempner

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas. ~ Italian Proverbs

There is no woman who sleeps so deeply that the sound of a guitar won’t bring her to the window. ~ Spanish Proverbs

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 Proverbs

The thief has a chicken’s heart — he sleeps in fear. ~ Russian Proverbs

The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs

The potter sleeps soundly, for no one would steal clay. ~ Indian Proverbs

The more you know the less will you sleep. ~ Russian Proverbs

The lion and the lamb shall lie down together, but the lamb won’t get much sleep. ~ Traditional Proverbs

The guard’s sleep is the lamplight of the thief. ~ Iranian Proverbs

Success and rest don’t sleep together. ~ Russian Proverbs

Small children won’t let you sleep, bigger children won’t let you live. ~ Yiddish Proverbs

Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery. ~ Tad Williams

Sleep is the cousin of death. ~ Congolese Proverbs

Sleep faster — we need the pillows. ~ Yiddish Proverbs

Sins hide not in your sleep but in your dreams. ~ Yiddish Proverbs

Rent and taxes never sleep. ~ German Proverbs

Poverty is even worse if you have to sleep on the edge of a crowded bed. ~ Spanish Proverbs

Poor men sleep the best. ~ Japanese Proverbs

No sleep, no dream. ~ Korean Proverbs

Never tickle the nose of a sleeping bear. ~ German Proverbs

Men and women sleep on the same pillow, but they have different dreams. ~ Mongolian Proverbs

Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs

Lazy men get active when it’s time to sleep. ~ German Proverbs

Joy and sorrow sleep in the same bed. ~ Czech Proverbs

It is only in your coffin that you sleep really well. ~ Indian Proverbs

In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.~ English Proverbs

In the hotel of decisions the guests sleep well. ~ Iranian Proverbs

If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for in the morning, sleep late. ~ Henny Youngman

If you want to sleep well, buy the bed of a bankrupt. ~ Spanish Proverbs

If you are threatened by a man, sleep at night, if it is by a woman then stay awake. ~ African Proverbs

If bad luck is asleep you must not awaken it. ~ German Proverbs

He who sleeps in a silver bed has golden dreams. ~ German Proverbs

He who cannot sleep can still dream. ~ Ivorian Proverbs

He that sleeps sound feels not the toothache. ~ Swiss Proverbs

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

For some of us happiness comes while we sleep. ~ French Proverbs

Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs

Evil knows where evil sleeps. ~ Nigerian Proverbs

Eat in Poland, drink in Hungary, sleep in Germany, and make love in Italy. ~ Polish Proverbs

Curse your wife at evening, sleep alone at night. ~ Chinese Proverbs

As the master sleeps, the servant dreams. ~ Swedish Proverbs

A sleeping fox counts chicken in his dreams. ~ Russian Proverbs

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~ English Proverbs

A man with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace. ~ Chadian Proverbs

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. ~ Irish Proverbs
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