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Letter "S" » sleep
«He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.»
Author: Aeschylus
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Dramatist,
Playwright)
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Keywords:
awful,
despair,
drop,
drop by,
falls,
grace,
grace of God,
learns,
sleep,
suffer
«I'm a simple man. All I want is enough sleep for two normal men, enough whiskey for three, and enough women for four.»
«A well-spent day brings happy sleep»
«I'm so tired, but I can't sleep...standing on the edge of something much too deep...funny how I feel so much but cannot say a word...we are screaming inside, oh, but we can't be heard...so afraid to love you, more afraid to lose...clinging to a past»
Author: Sarah McLachlan
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Singer,
Songwriter)
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About:
Love
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Keywords:
clinging,
clung,
edge,
edge in,
Edge of,
edging,
funnier,
funny,
heard,
Over the Edge,
screamed,
screaming,
screams,
sleep,
standing,
the edge,
tired
«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.»
Author: Victor Hugo
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Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Courage,
Life,
Sorrow
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Keywords:
accomplished,
awake,
daily,
God is greater,
go to,
go to sleep,
laboriously,
patience,
Peace of God,
sleep,
sleep in,
sorrows,
task,
The Great
«I'll sleep when I'm dead.»
«Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll go to sleep before you finish saying it.»
«As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.»
Author: Leonardo da Vinci
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Architect,
Engineer,
Painter,
Sculptor)
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About:
Death and dying,
Happiness,
Motivational
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Keywords:
brings,
Happy Days,
sleep,
sleep out,
sleep over,
spent,
The Happiest Days
«He that is thy friend indeed,He will help thee in thy need:If thou sorrow, he will weep;If thou wake, he cannot sleep:Thus of every grief in heartHe with thee does bear a part.These are certain signs to knowFaithful friend from flattering foe.»
Author: William Shakespeare
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Dramatist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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Keywords:
bear,
faithful,
flattering,
foe,
grief,
indeed,
signs,
sleep,
sorrow,
Thee,
thou,
thus,
THY,
wake,
weep
«Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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Keywords:
each day,
finish,
interpose,
interposed,
interposing,
next,
sleep,
solid,
solidest,
temperance,
the next,
wall