 | Timothy East - 1828 - 246 pages
...egregiously absurd, might seem to verge on insanity, what shall we say of that procrastinating spirit which, to the mercies of a moment, leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. As you, Mr. Linger, have opened your own case, and begged advice, I shall now offer, with all... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...over the whole region. •-6" AGAINST PROCRASTINATION. YOUNG. 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; Tear after year it steals, till all are fled,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 804 pages
...yeais ago, and have several things to finish, which I put off to twenty years hence. Suift to Pope. Procrastination is the thief of time, Year after year...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Young. PRO'CREATE,t>. а.-ч Fr. procréer; Lat. PRO'CREANT, adj. I procreo, procréons. To... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...will plead ; ifhus on, till wisdom is push d out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Ve.ir after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous nvstiikes, this bear The .palm, "That all men arc about to five: & For ever... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1829 - 216 pages
...part ; do thine." MILTON. SECTION IX. On Procrastination. 1. BF wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 774 pages
...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... | |
 | Mary Allette Ayer - Quotations, English - 1908 - 212 pages
...men think all men mortal but themselves. — Shakespeare. "DE wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on till wisdom is pushed out of life. — Young. '"PHERE is nothing so really practical as the truly ideal. Ideal does... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 788 pages
...Satan's nurse for man's perdition. — (,'. It. Cheerier. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; nks he can be s pnsh'd out of life. — Young. That we would do, we should do when we would ; for this would changes,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1909 - 632 pages
...slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on,...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 - Quotations - 1881 - 472 pages
...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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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... 
