 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...  Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality - Page 18by Edward Young - 1802 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...Mllon: SECTION IX. On Procrastination, .. Be wise-to-day ; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the ratal precedent will plead ; , Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief sf time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 258 pages
...all : For God towards thee hath done his part ; do thine.'" MI1TOW. SECTION IX. On procrastination. BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day...are fled ; And, to the mercies of a moment leaves 1 he vast concerns of an eternal scene. f * m,0' man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 308 pages
...all; For God towards thee hath done his part; do thine," MILTOK. SECTION IX. On 1'rocrastination. 1. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: •• Next...till all are fled; And to the mercies of a moment Jeaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 3. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...summon all; For God towards thee hath done his part ; do thine." WILTON SECTION IX. On Procrastination, BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer '. Next day...out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. fear after year it steals, (ill all arc fieriL; R2 A ml, to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 262 pages
...all ; For God towards thee hath done his part ; do thine." MILTOJV. SECTION IX. On procrastination. BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day...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,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...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... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...Faith in to-morrow, instead of Christ, is Satan's nurse for man's perdition. — (,'. It. Cheerier. M. Henry. He is no good Christian who thinks he can be s pnsh'd out of life. — Young. That we would do, we should do when we would ; for this would changes,... | |
 | Mary Allette Ayer - 1908 - 212 pages
...because he thinks himself immortal. All 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... | |
 | Walter Lorenzo Sheldon - 1908 - 280 pages
...and glory, if she has the right kind of ambition. CHAPTER XIII. PROCRASTINATION. Proverbs or Verses. "Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals till all are fled." — Toung. "A sluggard takes a hundred steps because he would not take one in due time." "At evening... | |
 | Edmund Shorthouse - 1908 - 660 pages
...reply be that of John Maynard — " By God's help I will ! " " Be wise to day ! 'tis madness to defer, Procrastination is the thief of time ! Year after year it steals till all are Hed I And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an Eternal scene ! " CHAPTER XI. "... | |
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