Edward Lucas quotes

Edward Lucas quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.”
-- Edward Lucas

#Insomnia Quotes #Naps Quotes #Alcohol Quotes

“Physical activity within four hours of bedtime and illness can also cause this type of insomnia.”
“Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.”
“There is nothing so entirely desirable in all the world as a few hours oblivion.”

Source : Anne Reeve Aldrich (1899). “A Village Ophelia”
“Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.”
“If you find a reluctancy to go into the presence of God, there may be unconfessed, unrepented sin in your life. Part of your quiet time is to get your heart clean and pure. Each of us needs to take ourselves by the nap of our necks and confess and repent before we come into God's holy presence to fellowship.”
“Take a quick dip, relax with a schnapps and a sandwich, stretch out, have a smoke, take a nap or just rest, and then sit around and chat until three. Then I hunt some more until sundown, bathe again, put on white tie and tails to keep up appearances, eat a huge dinner, smoke a cigar and sleep like a log until the sun comes up again to redden the eastern sky. This is livingâ€¦. Could it be more perfect?”
“I got an extra hour's nap.”
“I eat really healthy, and if I'm tired, I take a nap.”
“Alright, remember, alcohol equals puke equals smelly mess equals nobody likes you.”
“When under the influence of certain (or some) reasons (or causes) (alcohol, war, etc - added Spir here) the low instincts are unbridled (or unrestrained), the brute appears (or come forward, "apparait", Fr.) and rule over (or dominate), stifling every ("toute", Fr.) noble, generous impulse; it is then the ruin (or downfall or decline) of any humanity in man.”

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