13 December 2014

The Wisdom of Sleep || Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Public domain image:
" Dibujo y grabado de Miguel de Cervantes"
(1877) by G. Gómez Terraza y Aliena
"Blessings on him who first invented sleep. It’s meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It makes the shepherd equal to the monarch, and the fool to the wise." 

— Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) in “Man of La Mancha”