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early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)
Idioms and Phrases
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.Example Sentences
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!
“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?”
Benjamin Franklin was right when he said “early to bed, early to rise…makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
Take for example: Early to bed, early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Thus Early to bed, early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. would be changed to Which sibling is the well-adjusted sibling?
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