“876. One houre's sleepe before midnight is worth three after.”

— George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

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Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest 1593–1633

Stanley Lombardo (1943) Philosopher, Classicist

Frag. 72
Translations, Sappho's Poems and Fragments (2002)

“The moon has set,
And the Pleiades.
Midnight.
The hour has gone by.
I sleep alone.”

Sappho (-630–-570 BC) ancient Greek lyric poet

Stanley Lombardo translations, Frag. 72

“A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.”

Joanne Harris book Chocolat

Source: Chocolat

“I don’t need much sleep, three hours is enough for me.”

Narendra Modi (1950) Prime Minister of India

2014, "GhoshanaPatra with Narendra Modi", 2014
Context: Usually I get up at 5, it’s a habit I have had since I was in the RSS. I don’t need much sleep, three hours is enough for me. My friends and my doctors complain that it is too less, but it is sufficient for me. You can see, I have worked all day but even now I am sitting here easily talking to you.

“These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow…the hour
Before the dawn…the mouth of one
Just dead.”

Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914) American writer

Triad.
Verses (1915)

“Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight to avoid this?”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

Variant: Don't you know that a midnight hour comes when everyone has to take off his mask? Do you think life always lets itself be trifled with? Do you think you can sneak off a little before midnight to escape this?
Source: Either/Or, Part I

“Softly, O midnight hours!
Move softly o'er the bowers
Where lies in happy sleep a girl so fair:
For ye have power, men say,
Our hearts in sleep to sway
And cage cold fancies in a moonlight snare.”

Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814–1902) Irish poet and critic

Song. Softly, O Midnight Hours; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 721.

“Homeless, homeless,
Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake.”

Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer

Homeless
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)

“I can sleep like a champion. I once slept through a smoke alarm going off. For three hours.”

Maureen Johnson book Let It Snow

Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

“It is important to remember that when the body tells you to sleep or rest, it does so because it needs time to rejuvenate itself. Therefore, getting proper rest will help all aspects of existence. […] Try to eat no later than three hours before lying down. If you want to maximize the nourishing benefits of sleep, you should try to go to bed before 10 p. m.”

Bhakti Tirtha Swami (1950–2005) American Hindu writer

Source: Books, Spiritual Warrior, Volume I: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena (Hari-Nama Press, 1996), Chapter 1: Dreams: A State of Reality, p. 23

“876. One houre's sleepe before midnight is worth three after.”

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