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Waking up4 quotes
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735But Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, and can recapture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty of it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn, and the dreamer bitterly accepts the hard, cold waking and all its penalties. — Kenneth Grahame · 1908The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is soon depressed by the thought of the contrast that awaits it. — Alessandro Manzoni · 1842In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: "I am rising to a man's work." — Marcus Aurelius · 180Sleep2 quotes
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is soon depressed by the thought of the contrast that awaits it. — Alessandro Manzoni · 1842Dreams1 quote
But Mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, and can recapture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty of it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn, and the dreamer bitterly accepts the hard, cold waking and all its penalties. — Kenneth Grahame · 1908Good habits1 quote
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Habits1 quote
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Hard times1 quote
The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is soon depressed by the thought of the contrast that awaits it. — Alessandro Manzoni · 1842Mornings1 quote
In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: "I am rising to a man's work." — Marcus Aurelius · 180Time management1 quote
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735