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> [“Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is...that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Who complains of want? of wounds? of cares? of great men's oppressions? of captivity? whilst he sleepeth? Beggars in their beds take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/do-but-consider-what-an-excellent-thing-sleep-is-that-golden-chain/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

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## More by Thomas Dekker

> [This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/this-principle-is-old-but-true-as-fate-kings-may-love-treason-but-the/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/to-awaken-each-morning-with-a-smile-brightening-my-face-to-greet-the/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [We are ne'er like angels till our passion dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/we-are-ne-er-like-angels-till-our-passion-dies/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/golden-slumbers-kiss-your-eyes-smiles-awake-you-when-you-rise/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [“Long hair will make thee look dreafully to thine enemies, and manly to thy friends: it is, in peace, an ornament; in war, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/long-hair-will-make-thee-look-dreafully-to-thine-enemies-and-manly-to/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Arguments, like children, should be like the subject that begets them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/arguments-like-children-should-be-like-the-subject-that-begets-them/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Age is like love, it cannot be hid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/age-is-like-love-it-cannot-be-hid/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/sleep-is-that-golden-chain-that-ties-health-and-our-bodies-together/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/this-age-thinks-better-of-a-gilded-fool-than-of-a-threadbare-saint-in/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [A mask of gold hides all deformities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/a-mask-of-gold-hides-all-deformities/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Cast away care, he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy tomorrow; Money is trash, and he that will spend it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/cast-away-care-he-that-loves-sorrow-lengthens-not-a-day-nor-can-buy/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Honest labor bears a lovely face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/honest-labor-bears-a-lovely-face/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [What a heaven is love! O what a hell!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/what-a-heaven-is-love-o-what-a-hell/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/surely-man-was-not-created-to-be-an-idle-fellow-he-was-not-set-in/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

> [“Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is...that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Who complains of want? of wounds?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/do-but-consider-what-an-excellent-thing-sleep-is-that-golden-chain/)

[Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/)

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