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We term sleep a death by which we may be literally said to die daily; in fine, so like death, I dare not trust it without my prayers.

Thomas Browne
Death, Prayer, Sleep
Sir Thomas Browne (1852). “The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Pseudodoxia epidemica, books V-VII. Religio medici. The garden of Cyprus”, p.446
We term sleep a death by which we may be literally said to die daily; in fine, so like death, I dare not trust it without my prayers.