“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 1835 - 1910

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputations from storms and tempests. – Epicurus (Greek philosopher, BC 341-270)

"A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them.” Leonard L. Levinson

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late - Felix Frankfurter 1882 - 1965

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval - George Santayana (1863 - 1952)

Going 1

Going 2

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Gone

Opportunities are like sunrises - if you wait too long, you miss them...William Arthur Ward

a gray one.......

This is sunrise this morning.....