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

1. A saying of Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanack.

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Franklin adopted a persona in the book, the narrator Poor Richard, whose personality changed over time from being rather foolish to being a quietly wise and humble philosopher, espousing adages such as "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

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Take, for example, Benjamin Franklin’s famous musings on the formula for success: “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

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Benjamin Franklin is quoted to have said: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

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Some of his maxims, like “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,” were so straightforward they needed little explanation then or now.

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Acting in character, Mr. Sherry will answer questions, share Franklin’s enthusiasm for science — while warning children not to fly kites in thunderstorms — and impart some of his role model’s wisdom, like “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

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