...the bounties of an Hour? Night Thoughts, i, 1742 140 Trocrastination } E wise to day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal Precedent will plead ;...out of life : Procrastination is the Thief of Time, B1 Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a Moment leaves The vast Concerns...

...'t is madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; 390 Thus on, till wisdom is pushed he who now to sense, now nonsense, leaning, 185 Means...sublimely bad, It is not "poetry, but prose run mad: 395 If not so frequent, would not this be strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of...

...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 ; Thus...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...

...today; '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 all are fled." Rules of conduct leading to the formation of this work habit constitute the ethics of industry. For...

...Line 390 in "Night I" of Edward Young's (1683-1765) Night Thoughts (1742); in context (lines 390-93): "Procrastination is the thief of time: / Year after...moment leaves / The vast concerns of an eternal scene." 17.650 (685:28-29). 4.502-3n. Philip Bcaufoy - See 17.650 (685:29). Doctor Dick - The pseudonym of...

...Flood: It is the Signal that demands Dispatch; How much is to be done ? Be wise To-day, 'tis Madness to defer; Next day the fatal Precedent will plead; Thus...strange? That 'tis so frequent, This is stranger still. FEBRUARY Affect not that vain Levity of Thought, Which sets Religion, Virtue, all at nought. For true...