| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 sivua
...for man's perdition. — О. В. Cheever. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; next day the fntal Kflu-г. FUTURE STATE.— (See " Етквштт.") There is, I kno — Young. That we would do, we should do when we would ; for this would changes, and hath abatements... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1909 - 632 sivua
...Beware, Lorenzo, a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will...out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; ^x" Year after year 1t steals, t1ll all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast... | |
| Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 sivua
...not to die. Campbell. HOWE'EK it be, it seems to me 'T is only noble to be good. 240 GOLDEN GLEAMS. PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time; Year after year...till all are fled, And, to the mercies of a moment, leave The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Nor yet dead, But in old marbles ever beautiful. IT is... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 sivua
...see fifty in a day ! Those are but visits which I pay — 1118. PROCRASTINATION BE wise to-day : 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. All promise is poor dilatory man, And that... | |
| John King Clark - 1910 - 252 sivua
...appointment is made for you by some one else, show that one the courtesy of meeting the appointment promptly. Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. — YOUNG. If you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have... | |
| Sara Dean - 1910 - 428 sivua
...you," said Lord Yerington as he closed the book. CHAPTER IV A PLEASANT HOUR-SLAYER Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. — EDWARD YOUNG. WHEN the madness of play is in the air, memories are brief, and... | |
| Ellen E. Kenyon-Warner - 1910 - 298 sivua
...And in himself possess his own desire." XXIV. PROCRASTINATION — Selected. 1. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are... | |
| Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 sivua
...suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view. 4037 ' Cay : Fables. Pt i. Fable 18. PROCRASTINATION. Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 4038 Young : Night Noughts. Night i. Line 393. PRODIGIES. The spring, the summer, The chilling autumn,... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 sivua
...spendthrift sigh, That hurts by easing. 1167 " Shaks. : Hamlet. Act iv. Sc. 7 Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. 1168 Young: Night Thoughts. Night i. Line 390 At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty,... | |
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