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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1293 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1293
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Boy! Lucius! Fast asleep? It is no matter;
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber:
Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies,
Which busy care draws in the brains of men;
Therefore thou sleep’st so sound.
ATTRIBUTION:Julius Cæsar. Act ii. Sc. 1.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.