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Didactic poem1 quote
The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work. — Hesiod · 700 BCDrama1 quote
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it? — Thornton Wilder · 1938Drama (play)1 quote
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it? — Thornton Wilder · 1938Philosophical literature1 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 · 180