I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all yo…

Samuel Johnson
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I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. ✨ In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 14 September 1773
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I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. ✨ In James Boswell 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' (1785) 14 September 1773

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