The early bird catches the worm

Cultural  

1. If we want to achieve our goal, we must get an early start.

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The early bird catches the worm

We had a little song that went like this: Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. and The early bird catches the worm.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 by Work Projects Administration

This, possibly, is the Bornese version of our own proverb, "The early bird catches the worm."

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. by Wallace Irwin

"The early bird catches the worm," he grinned.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Charles Klein

The early bird catches the worm, and V. E. Geiger and Wm.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

"The early bird catches the worm" is true here.

From The Apple by Various