 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...thee hath done his part ; do thine." SECTION IX. On procrastination. 1 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... | |
 | Baptists - 1826 - 436 pages
...He did not quote enough, was the reply. He ought to have repeated " Be wise to-day, — 'tis madness to defer, Next day the fatal precedent will plead, Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life.'1 My dearest G. I leave you to judge of his situation. I cannot but hope... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...complete ; Death then was welcome; yet life still is sweet. 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... | |
 | Anthologies - 1827 - 290 pages
...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 ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life: Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till... | |
 | 1827 - 616 pages
...XV. — On the Importance of Earli Piety. ( Continued from col. 43. ) " Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pnsh'd out of life-1 Procrastination is the thief ol" time ; Year after year it steals, till... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...hath done his part ; do thine." MILTOJV. SECTION IX. On procrastination. BE 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... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...silence reigned over the whole region. 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; Year after year it steals, till... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...to them. Alterbury. Defer the promised boon the goddess cries. Pope. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Young. DE'FERENCE, ns Fr. deference. Regard ; respect. See DEFER. Virgil... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...Lorenzo ! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize! Be wise to-day ; *t is 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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 ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till... | |
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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... 
