“Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“He that hath once got the fame of an early riser, may sleep till noon.”
Source: [Howell, James, Epistolae Ho-Elianae, https://books.google.com/books?id=v79CAAAAcAAJ&q=%22till%20noon%22, Google Books, 1655 Edition, 20 September 2016]
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