Mornings

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Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Counsels and Maxims

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Mornings

Author

Arthur Schopenhauer

Source

Counsels and Maxims Parerga and Paralipomena

Language

German

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. "Aphorismen zu Lebensweisheit: Varanesen und Maximen [Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life: Counsels and Maxims]." Parerga und Paralipomena. Vol. 1, Berlin: Druck und Verlag von U. W. Haan, 1851.

Current Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. "Aphorisms on the wisdom of life." Parerga and Paralipomena, translated by Sabine Roehr and Christopher Janaway. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2016.

The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Mornings

Author

Hesiod

Source

Works and Days

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 579.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 579.

The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it?

Thornton Wilder

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Mornings Stars

Author

Thornton Wilder

Source

Our Town

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play) Drama

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Wilder, Thornton. Our Town. 22 Jan. 1938, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, act 1.

Current Citation

Wilder, Thornton. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2020, act 1.

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: "I am rising to a man's work."

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic

Waking up Mornings

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 5.

Morning reading-like morning newspapers, morning sex, morning lie-ins, and morning running-is the luxury of childless people.

Zadie Smith

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Mornings Single life Parenting

Author

Zadie Smith

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Smith, Zadie. "Zadie Smith: By the Book." The New York Times, 20 Nov. 2016.