Sleep Quotes by Ovid

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

— Ovid

O fool, what else is sleep but chill death's likeness?

— Ovid

To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.

— Ovid

Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who…

— Ovid

Sleep ... peace of the soul, who puttest care to flight.

— Ovid

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

— Ovid

Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind.

— Ovid

Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify.

— Ovid

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

— Ovid

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

— Ovid

Sleep, thou repose of all things; sleep, thou gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mind, from which care flies; who…

— Ovid

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

— Ovid

Thou fool, what is sleep but the image of death? Fate will give an eternal rest. [Lat., Stulte, quid est somnus, gelidae…

— Ovid