Quote by Norman Douglas
Why always

Why always “not yet”? Do flowers in spring say “not yet”? – Norman Douglas

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There was George, throwing away in hideous sloth the inestimable gift of time; his valuable life, every second of which he would have to account for hereafter, passing away from him, unused…. sprawling there, sunk in soul-clogging oblivion. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Too often too late comes too soon. – Dr.SunWolf, 2015 tweet, professorsunwolf.com

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Death twitches my ear. “Live,” he says, “I am coming.” – Virgil, Minor Poems, Copa

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I admire the man who exclaimed, “I have lost a day!” because he had neglected to do any good in the course of it…. – Author unknown, “Flowers of Literature,” 1803

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