1742 · Skopia

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Procrastination is the thief of time.

Night Thoughts · 1742

★ 3.6

Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.

Night Thoughts · 1742

★ 3.5

At thirty, Man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same.

Night Thoughts · 1742

★ 3.5

To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish.

Benjamin Franklin

1742

★ 2.2

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.

Night Thoughts · 1742

★ 1.9

Tir'd Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep!

Night Thoughts · 1742

★ 1.9