“In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present: I am rising to the work of a human being.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 5. Translations vary; this is a widely used English wording.
The 4am alarm before an early start. He felt it too, and he ran an empire.
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