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Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Quotes: How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
         

How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.


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How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
         



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This page presents the quote "How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.". Author of this quote is Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. This quote is about 1757, torpor, death, sleep, laziness,.