Procrastination is the thief of time
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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 an eternal scene.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
If he wants to spin his top when he has done work, his father quotes, "Procrastination is the thief of time."
From Sketches New and Old, Part 4. by Twain, Mark
The copy-books have perpetuated one line: Procrastination is the thief of time.
From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert
We constantly feel a shock like that which surprises the reader of Young's 'Night Thoughts' when he finds it asserted, in all the pomp of blank verse, that Procrastination is the thief of time.
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
It is said, "Procrastination is the thief of time."
From The Bark Covered House by Nowlin, William
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