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

— Edward Young

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By night an atheist half believes a God.

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Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more.

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All men think all men mortal, but themselves.

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Procrastination is the thief of time.

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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.

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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.

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