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Bed Quotes - Page 39

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.

Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.276, Taylor & Francis

Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1850). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Published Verbatim from the Original Manuscript, by His Grandson, William Temple Franklin”, p.76

I don't want to wake up with cops surrounding my bed tonight.

"Anthony Jeselnik on Sharon Stone, thankless open mics, and his evil plan". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. October 16, 2015.

There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said, ''Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed.

Alexander Pope (1856). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.90

She was made for untidy rooms and rumpled beds.

Alexander McCall Smith (2004). “The Sunday Philosophy Club”, p.98, Anchor

Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.

Septem contra Thebas, l.224-5 (translated by C M Dawson).

While he was drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed.

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.381