| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8741 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Browne (16051682), British physician, author. Religio Medici, pt. 2, sct. 12 (1643). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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