Drowsy

Famous quotes containing the word drowsy:

“Not poppy, nor mandragora,
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou owed’st yesterday.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Every drowsy nod shakes their doctrine, who teach, that the soul is always thinking.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)

“A potent quack, long versed in human ills,
Who first insults the victim whom he kills;
Whose murd’rous hand a drowsy bench protect,
And whose most tender mercy is neglect.”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)