 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...  The Saturday Magazine ...1842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Alice Somerton - 1882 - 222 páginas
...depriving them of one blessing, gave them many. CHAPTER II. TOO LATE FOR THE POST-BAG. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. YOUNG. |E AN TIME, Hubert went on his way, and a feeling of sadness came over him after he lost sight... | |
 | Douglas Veitch - 1882 - 394 páginas
...the chances are he will rob you the i very same night. f h Januarg. January 3. Be wise to-day, — 'tis madness to defer, Next day the fatal precedent...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. — Young. In childhood be modest ; in youth, temperate ; in manhood, just ; in old age, prudent. —... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 páginas
...which lead to tranquility and peace. s. YONGE'S Cicero, lie Finibus. Bk. I. Div. 14. Be wise to-day; in ceaseless circles wheeling With clung of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed Incessa pnsh'd out of life. t. YOUNO — Xi</ht Tlioin/li/s. Night 1. Line 390. ¡ Be wise with speed; A fool... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 páginas
...likt a 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... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 páginas
...perchance in the fool's calendar. Manana (Spanish) to-morrow — the curse of Spain. 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. Let none presume to count upon to-morrow Who cannot e'en command to-day. Alexander... | |
 | James Francis Cobb - 1883 - 428 páginas
...Of these 4000, over 400 fell victims to the small pox. CHAPTER XIX. THE NEW YEAR. " 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. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals till all are fled,... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 páginas
...stood still, and nature made a pause; An awful pause! prophetic of her end. ***** '' Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent...out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. ***** (Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, " that all men are about to live,'' ^Forever... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - 1884 - 430 páginas
...wretch of state ; The happy only are the truly great. Edward Young. PROCRASTINATION. 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. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals till all are fled,... | |
 | 1885 - 686 páginas
...lights on lids unsullied by a tear ! PROCRASTINA TION. [From Night Thoughts, Night I.] 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. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals till all are fled,... | |
 | Truths - 1885 - 572 páginas
...Which the Proud Soul ne'er pays, but to the Promt. PHI eras I in at inn. — Young. 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. }3rorrastuwtiim. — filiatson. TO be always intending to live a new Life, but... | |
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