The early bird catches the worm

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There is a saying that the morning hour has gold in its mouth . It says that getting up early is worthwhile because it is easy to work in the morning and early risers can achieve more. It is the verbatim translation of the Latin textbook sentence aurora habet aurum in ore . This refers to the personified dawn (Latin: aurora ) that wears gold in her mouth and hair.

In earlier times, the Latin proverb aurora musis amica (the morning hour is the friend of the muses), which means as much as study in the morning, was first documented in a letter from Erasmus von Rotterdam to his student Christian Northoff one best .

literature

  • The Brockhaus Multimedial 2005 , Bibliographisches Institut & FA Brockhaus AG, Mannheim, 2005 ISBN 3-411-06519-2
  • Wolfgang Mieder : The morning hour has gold in its mouth: Studies and evidence on the most popular German-language proverb. Vienna: Edition Praesens 1997 ISBN 9783901126772

Web links

Wiktionary: Morgenstund has gold in its mouth  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations