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«'Tis cruel to prolong a pain, and to defer a joy»
Author: Charles Sedley | Keywords: defer, deferred, prolong
«I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.»
«Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.»
«I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.»
«I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.»
«O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: defer, hearken
«For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: defer, refrain
«Defer not thy well-doing; be not like St. George, who is always a horseback, and never rides on.»
«Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.»
«Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise»
Author: William Congreve | Keywords: defer, deferred, wise to