Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
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"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise," wrote Benjamin Franklin in his Poor Richard's Almanack.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 8, 2011
Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and, Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
From Graded Memory Selections by Hughes, Charles C.
Such as: "Haste makes waste"; "Well done is better than well said"; and "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
From The Child's Book of American Biography by Stimpson, Mary Stoyell
Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and, Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.
From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin
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