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

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Getting enough sleep and starting work early in the day will lead to a successful life.

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The earliest record of a proverb that approximates to our current version that I can find in print is in The Book of St. Albans, printed in 1486: As the olde englysshe prouerbe sayth in this wyse. Who soo woll ryse erly shall be holy helthy & zely.