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EARLY to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
1496
Treatise of Fishing with Angle
H1
As the olde englysshe prouerbe sayth in this wyse. Who soo woll ryse erly shall be holy helthy and zely [fortunate].
1523
Husbandry
(1530) 52
V
At gramer scole I lerned a verse,.. erly rysynge maketh a man hole in body, holer in soule, and rycher in goodes.
1639
Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina
91
Earley to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
1853
Sponge's Sporting Tour
ix.
Early to bed and early to rise being among Mr. Sponge's maxims, he was enjoying the view .. shortly after daylight.
1984
Fade Out
ii.
‘Early to bed and early to rise’. Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, McGuffin replied to himself. But in Ben Volper's case it was perhaps two out of three at best.
diligence
;
health
;
riches
EAST, west, home's best
1859
Proverbs of all Nations
36
‘East and west, at home the best’ (German)…
Ost und West
,
daheim das Best
.
1869
John Ploughman's Talk
xiii.
‘East and west, Home is best.’
1920
Verena in Midst
cxiii.
None the less I don't envy the traveller. ‘East, west, home's best.’
1949
‘’
Hunting Fairies
xviii.
I thought what a bully time I'd had in Scotland but all the same I was glad to be going home because East West home's best.
1979
Times
21 Dec. 9
All the most prosaic and conservative morals: East, West, home's best; .. nothing succeeds like success.
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