It means also that people who get up late are lazy and won't have a good career. That means that when you are parents, for example, you have to punish your children when they do something bad. In Russia, a lot of proverbs about work, like these two, mean that work is the only way to reach your goals. Only hard work and patience can create a miracle. These proverbs tells us about the value of friendship in Russia.
Friendship has a very important meaning in our culture.
We have a lot of proverbs, songs, and books about friendship. It means that friends give you support and encouragement which you can't buy. We have this proverb because since we have had a community, we have worked on the farm. The farmers followed the rotation of the sun. Also, they didn't have light bulbs, so they couldn't work at night.