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Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends. - William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth, Part I (Reignier at III, ii) I have learned that fearful commenting Is leaden servitor to dull delay; Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary. - William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (King Richard at IV, iii) Lingering labors come to naught. - Robert Southwell Shun delays, they breed remorse; Take thy time, while time is lent thee; Creeping snail's have weakest force; Fly their fault, lest thou repent thee; Good is best when soonest wrought, Ling'ring labours come to naught. Hoist tip sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure; Seek not time, when time is past, Sober speed is wisdom's leisure, After-wits are dearly bought, Let thy fore-wit guide thy thought. - Robert Southwell Your gift is princely, but it comes too late, And falls like sunbeams on a blasted blossom. - Sir John Suckling Late, late, so late! but we can enter still. Too late, too late! ye cannot enter now. - Lord Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King--Guinevere (l. 169) And Mecca saddens at the long delay. - James Thomson (1), Seasons--Summer (l. 979) Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way. - Clement Walker, History of Independency--The Mysterie of the Two Juntos 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. - Edward Young Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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