---
title: "1 Let Sleeping Quotes By Hope Mirrlees"
description: "1 Let Sleeping quotes by Hope Mirrlees. Plus more from Hope Mirrlees and more Let Sleeping sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/hope-mirrlees-23151_facts_but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie_857711.png"
---

> [“But it is best to let sleeping facts lie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/hope-mirrlees-23151_facts_but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie_857711.png)

## More by Hope Mirrlees

> [A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-of-ghosts-to-be-haunted/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“It was as if the future were a treacly adhesive fluid that had been spilt all over the present, so that everything he touched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/it-was-as-if-the-future-were-a-treacly-adhesive-fluid-that-had-been/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/there-is-not-a-single-homely-thing-that-looked-at-from-a-certain/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“And there were ruined castles covered with ivy - the badge of the old order, clinging to its own; and into the ivy doves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/and-there-were-ruined-castles-covered-with-ivy-the-badge-of-the-old/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“You should regard each meeting with a friend as a sitting he is unwillingly giving you for a portrait - a portrait that, probably,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/you-should-regard-each-meeting-with-a-friend-as-a-sitting-he-is/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“Stop a minute, Ambrose!" interrupted Master Nathaniel. "I've got a sudden silly whim that we should take an oath I must have read when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/stop-a-minute-ambrose-interrupted-master-nathaniel-i-ve-got-a-sudden/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“But it is best to let sleeping facts lie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“The Written Word is a Fairy, as mocking and elusive as Willy Wisp, speaking lying words to us in a feigned voice. So let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/the-written-word-is-a-fairy-as-mocking-and-elusive-as-willy-wisp/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“...it is never safe to classify the souls of one's neighbors; one is apt, in the long run, to be proved a fool. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/it-is-never-safe-to-classify-the-souls-of-one-s-neighbors-one-is-apt/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“As Master Nathaniel jogged leisurely along his thoughts turned to the Farmer Gibberty, who many a time must have jogged along this path, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/as-master-nathaniel-jogged-leisurely-along-his-thoughts-turned-to-the/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“...it is never safe to classify the souls of one's neighbors; one is apt, in the long run, to be proved a fool. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/it-is-never-safe-to-classify-the-souls-of-one-s-neighbors-one-is-apt-2/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“Besides, there was that foolish feeling of his that reality was not solid, and that facts were only plastic toys; or, rather, that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/besides-there-was-that-foolish-feeling-of-his-that-reality-was-not/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“It was not so much a modification of the darkness, as a sigh of relief, a slight relaxing of tension, so that one felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/it-was-not-so-much-a-modification-of-the-darkness-as-a-sigh-of-relief/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“What's the use of crying, and retching, and belching, all day long, like your lady downstairs? Life has its sad side, and we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/what-s-the-use-of-crying-and-retching-and-belching-all-day-long-like/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

> [“Let a thing be but a sort of punctual surprise, like the first cache of violets in March, let it be delicate, painted and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/let-a-thing-be-but-a-sort-of-punctual-surprise-like-the-first-cache/)

[Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/hope-mirrlees/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Let Sleeping Quotes By Hope Mirrlees",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“But it is best to let sleeping facts lie.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hope Mirrlees"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/hope-mirrlees-23151_facts_but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie_857711.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/hope-mirrlees-23151_facts_but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie_857711.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/hope-mirrlees-23151_facts_but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie_857711.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“But it is best to let sleeping facts lie.” — Hope Mirrlees",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/hope-mirrlees/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/hope-mirrlees/",
            "name": "Let Sleeping Quotes by Hope Mirrlees",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/hope-mirrlees/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/hope-mirrlees-23151_facts_but-it-is-best-to-let-sleeping-facts-lie_857711.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Let Sleeping quotes by Hope Mirrlees. Plus more from Hope Mirrlees and more Let Sleeping sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/hope-mirrlees/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/hope-mirrlees/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Let Sleeping",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Hope Mirrlees",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/let-sleeping/hope-mirrlees/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```