There is a time for long tales, but there is also a time for sleep.

[Ὥρη μὲν πολέων μύθων, ὥρη δὲ καὶ ὕπνου.]

Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author

The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 11, l. 379 (11.379) [Odysseus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Rieu (1946)]
    (Source)

On being asked by King Alcinoüs to continue his tale of journeying to the Land of the Dead.

(Source (Greek)). Other translations:

“Most eminent king,” said he, “times all must keep,
There’s time to speak much, time as much to sleep."
[tr. Chapman (1616)]

There is a time for talk, a time for rest.
[tr. Hobbes (1675), l. 362]

Since yet the early hour of night allows
Time for discourse, and time for soft repose.
[tr. Pope (1725)]

The time suffices yet
For converse both and sleep.
[tr. Cowper (1792), l. 460-61]

Night is the time for converse, night for rest.
[tr. Worsley (1861), st. 54]

A time there is for speech
Howe'er prolong'd: a time, too, for repose.
[tr. Musgrave (1869), l. 585]

A time there is for tales -- and a time for sleep!
[tr. Bigge-Wither (1869), l. 378]

There is a time for many words and there is a time for sleep.
[tr. Butcher/Lang (1879)]

Time is for words abundant, and time for sleep maybe.
[tr. Morris (1887)]

There is a time for stories and a time for sleep.
[tr. Palmer (1891)]

There is a time for making speeches, and a time for going to bed.
[tr. Butler (1898)]

There is a time for many words and there is a time also for sleep.
[tr. Murray (1919)]

Surely there is a time for long speaking and a time for sleep.
[tr. Lawrence (1932)]

There is a time for story telling; there is
also a time for sleep.
[tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]

There is a time for many words, and a time for sleeping.
[tr. Lattimore (1965)]

It's true that there's still time for tales and talk,
yet there is, too, a time for sleep.
[tr. Mandelbaum (1990)]

There is a time for many words, a time for sleep as well.
[tr. Fagles (1996)]

There is a time for words and a time for sleep.
[tr. Lombardo (2000), l. 389]

There is a time for long tales, but there is also a time for sleep.
[tr. DCH Rieu (2002)]

There is a time for words, and a time for sleep.
[tr. Kline (2004)]

There is a time for long tales, and there is a time for sleep.
[tr. Verity (2016)]

It is a time for many tales, but also
a time for sleep.
[tr. Wilson (2017); print text shown]

There's a time for long stories, and a time for sleep.
[tr. Green (2018)]

There’s a time
for many stories and a time for sleep.
[tr. Johnston (2019), l. 477-78]