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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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EARLY RISING


Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd saw; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him.
- Mark Twain's Notebook

AI image created by Barbara Schmidt

Well enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.
- Mark Twain's Notebook

Wisdom teaches us that none but birds should go out early, and that not even birds should do it unless they are out of worms.
- "New Year's Day," reprinted from Territorial Enterprise in Golden Era, 14 January 1866

Twain at breakfast

Breakfast at a hotel in Olympia, Washington
during the around the world tour
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