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House protecting: God, bless the world and all that is therein

House protecting

God, bless the world and all that is therein.
God, bless my spouse and my children,
God, bless the eye that is in my head,
And bless, O God, the handling of my hand;
What time I rise in the morning early,
What time I...

It is the early bird that gets the worm

A good day shows itself early in the morning.

A strong person doesn't rush to wake up early morning.

He who wakes up early in the morning receives a bundle of blessings.

It is only the early risers who succeed in filling their baskets with white ants.

He who starts his work early enough is neither hit by the severe sun heat nor the burning sand.

If you see an animal running in the early morning know that it is running away from something more scarily than the due.

If your neighbor is an early riser, you too will become one.

Rise early, live soberly, and apply yourself with industry.

One may get up late if one has the name of getting up early.

A human learns how to talk early, but how to keep silent late.

The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

It early pricks that will be a thorn.

Clumsy birds have need of early flight.

If you have nothing to do, go home early.

Three times an early rise makes a whole day.

Better die ten years early than live ten years poor.

It's better to die two years early than to live one year too long.

There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.