Quote#Nature
Sleep, Nurse of our life, Care’s best reposer
Quote byEdward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury · 1583–1648
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "To his Mistress for her True Picture", line 11.
English (original)
Sleep, Nurse of our life, Care’s best reposer, Nature's high'st rapture, and the vision giver.
— Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
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