13 Edward Young Quotes on Time

Edward Young quotes on time

21. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life.

26. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss.

27. Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer.

28. Procrastination is the thief of time.

29. 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.

35. Time flies, death urges, knells call, Heaven invites, Hell threatens.

39. Friendship's the wine of life; but friendship new (Not such was his) is neither strong nor pure.

59. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.

60. While man is growing, life is in decrease; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun.

61. The man of wisdom is the man of years.

78. By all means use some time to be alone.

79. The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

81. Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.