early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)

Idioms  

1. Prudent habits pay off, as in With final exams coming, you'd best remember, early to bed and early to rise. This ancient rhyming proverb, so familiar that it is often abbreviated as in the example, was long ascribed to Benjamin Franklin, who quoted it in this form in Poor Richard's Almanack. However, slightly different versions existed in English in the mid-1400s and in Latin even earlier.

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Example Sentences

Among these: “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship”; and “Early to bed early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

From The Wall Street Journal

When he said, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,” he didn’t follow that up with the caveat that this is only true for morning people!

From Scientific American

“At the Zoo? In the middle of the night? Me? A quiet, orderly person who knows that early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise?”

From Literature

Benjamin Franklin was right when he said “early to bed, early to rise…makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

From Time

Take for example: Early to bed, early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

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