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Scripture · Religious literature

Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure.

Hillel the Elder

10

★ 2.1

He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Benjamin Franklin

1734

★ 2.2

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

Jerome K. Jerome

1886

★ 3.5

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

Jerome K. Jerome

1889

★ 3.5

There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that.

1912

★ 3.5

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

1927

★ 3.5

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Night Thoughts · 1742

★ 3.6

Novel · Science fiction

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

The Salmon of Doubt · 2001

★ 3.6