 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 - Seite 115herausgegeben von - 1809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Thomas Loomis - 1902 - 253 Seiten
...sight. wrist, n. The joint which unites the hand to the arm, consisting of eight small bones. LESSON 57. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scheme. — Young. el-e-men'-ta-ry, a. Simple; consisting of a single element. cm-bSl'-lIsh,T/.A To... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902
...verse. The wellknown lines on Procrastination are in his best manner : 'Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 643 Seiten
...— Hazlitt. He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them. — Confucius. Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year...of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty,... | |
 | Charles John Smith - 1904 - 781 Seiten
...It is to delay, defer, or postpone through indolence or general unwillingness to commence action. " Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene." YOUNG. PROLONG (I/at, prolongare) and PROTRACT (Lat. protrahere, part, pro.'racttis) differ from the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1906
...slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; J Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on,...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 the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 Seiten
...deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; 290 Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination...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, Forever on the brink... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 580 Seiten
...deliberate surprise I Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; ago Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life, ^Procrastination...thief of time; -^ Year after year it steals, till all arc fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908
...to-day; 'tis madness to defer: 20 Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time;...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves 25 The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange? That 't is... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908
...deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: 20 Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves 25 The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange? That 't is... | |
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