Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. W
  4. William Shakespeare
  5. Sleep

William Shakespeare Quotes about Sleep - Page 3

All William Shakespeare Quotes 4th Of July Abuse Acting Adventure Adversity Sleep quotes Show more...
For some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the world away

For some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the world away

William Shakespeare
Running, Sleep, Watches
'Hamlet' (1601) act 3, sc. 2, l. [287]

But let the frame of things disjoint, both the worlds suffer, Ere we will eat our meal in fear, and sleep In the affliction of these terrible dreams That shake us nightly.

William Shakespeare
Dream, Fear, Sleep
'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 11

The undeserver may sleep when the man of action is called on.

William Shakespeare
War, Sleep, Men
William Shakespeare, A. R. Humphreys (1967). “King Henry IV Part 2: Second Series”, p.87, Cengage Learning EMEA

Sleep knits up the raveled sleeve of care.

William Shakespeare
Sleep, Care, Macbeth Sleep
William Shakespeare (1998). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.127, Oxford University Press, USA

I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting

William Shakespeare
Children, Sleep, Fighting
The Winter's Tale III. III. 59

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank Here we will sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony

William Shakespeare
Sweet, Sleep, Night
'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 5, sc. 1, l. 54

Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep'st so sound.

William Shakespeare
Sleep, Insomnia, Men
William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1853). “The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works, Complete”, p.235

After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Treason has done his worst. Nor steel nor poison, malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing can touch him further.

William Shakespeare
Death, Prayer, Sleep
'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 2, l. 11

O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature's soft nurse.

William Shakespeare
Sleep, Insomnia, Nurse
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 5

Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!

William Shakespeare
Dream, Sleep, Fancy
William Shakespeare (1867). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.298

Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both.

William Shakespeare
Dream, Sleep, Age
'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 32

Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.

William Shakespeare
Lying, Sleep, Eye
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Plays”, p.37

O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, 1710. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?

William Shakespeare
Sleep, Insomnia, Nurse

Day, night, late, early, At home, abroad, alone, in company, Waking or sleeping, still my care hath been To have her match'd; and having now provided A gentleman of princely parentage, Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly train'd, Stuff'd, as they say, with honourable parts, Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man- And then to have a wretched puling fool, A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender, To answer 'I'll not wed, I cannot love; I am too young, I pray you pardon me'!

William Shakespeare
Home, Sleep, Night
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson (1813). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Twenty-one Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.184

You May Also Like: