Quote by Jonathan Swift
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. – Jonathan Swift

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Where there are large powers with little ambition… nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. – Jonathan Swift

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I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. – Jonathan Swift

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Never get married in the morning – you never know who you might meet that night. – Paul Hornung

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You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome – just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself. – Jean Claude Van Damme

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No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be. – Bram Stoker

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Thats what keeps me up at three in the morning: Whos looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now? – Chris Elliott

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We are twice armed if we fight with faith. – Plato

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