A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is indispensable to inspiration? ...sound sleep and the provocation of a good book or a companion.
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I completely agree that a sound sleep is the best beauty product. Sound sleep, one of the most important but underrated thing, helps to make you more beautiful. I can never understand how people work so hard that they miss out on their sleep.
One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.
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Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
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