tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of... Elegant Extracts - Página 115editado por - 1809Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...anil are blessed, it is by the things which we do to-day. Procrastination is the thief of time ; yenr ey. The piou — Young. He that takes time to resolve, gives leisure to deny, and warning to prepare.— Quarten.... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 páginas
...and mortal men lay hold on heaven. Procrastination is the thief of time ; year after year it «teals, t, fulfills the part of a wise and good man. — Cvmbe state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; at fifty... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1909 - 632 páginas
...Lorenzo, a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...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 páginas
...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... | |
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| John King Clark - 1910 - 252 páginas
...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... | |
| Adeline M. Butterworth - 1911 - 104 páginas
...! a slow-sudden death : • How dreadful that deliberate surprise I Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live"— For ever on... | |
| Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 páginas
...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,... | |
| Abraham Godshalk - 1912 - 314 páginas
...though late, the genuine cause of all. — Cowper ON PROCRASTINATION. 1 Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer Next day the fatal precedent will plead Thus...mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eterial scene. 2 Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, "that all men are about to live... | |
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