Who said time is a thief

In fact, that's what a thief does; he redistributes income. The difference between government and thievery is mostly a matter of legality. Tristan and Yvaine were happy together. Not forever-after, for Time, the thief, eventually takes all things into his dusty storehouse, but they were happy, as these things go, for a long while Votes: 0.

Once he saw the officials of a temple leading away some one who had stolen a bowl belonging to the treasurers, and said, "The great thieves are leading away the little thief. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of. Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings. We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world.

Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross. Time is a very bankrupt and owes more than he's worth to season.

Nay, he's a thief too: have you not heard men say, That Time comes stealing on by night and day? The thief who received the kingdom of heaven, though not as the reward of virtue, is a true witness to the fact that salvation is ours through the grace and mercy of God.

The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief. The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.

Into my heart's treasury I slipped a coin That Time cannot take Nor a thief purloin- O better than the minting Of a gold-crowned king Is the safe-kept memory Of a lovely thing. A foreigner coming here and reading the Congressional Record would say that the President of the United States was elected solely for the purpose of giving Senators somebody to call a horse thief. As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.

I prefer a thief to a Congressman. A thief will take your money and be on his way, but a Congressman will stand there and bore you with the reasons why he took it. The riches of scholarship, the benignities of literature, defy fortune and outlive calamity. They are beyond the reach of thief or moth or rust.

As they cannot be inherited, so they cannot, be alienated. That's the way it is in life. You let go of what is beautiful and unique. You pursue something new and don't even know that the wind of your own running is a thief. Meditation is like the cloak of the good thief. You find a corner or somewhere where you can actually entertain your own self and your own soul, and understand what your work [is] here. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.

Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing. If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. There's no surer justice in the world than that which makes the rich thief hang the poor one. The sun is a thief: she lures the sea and robs it. The moon is a thief: he steals his silvery light from the sun.

The sea is a thief: it dissolves the moon. The seconds tick. They always do. The power of an entire sun cannot stop them even for a moment, and so death comes between the moments, like a thief of light in the dark. We're a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don't believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.

Pick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you'll regret the day, When you took a mouse thief and locked him away, Silly cat, look at that, it's two for one, A thief and a warrior, by dawn will be gone. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross Luke There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well.

Modern reformers offer nebulous theories or write philanthropic novels. But your thief acts! He is as clear as a fact and as logical as a punch on the nose! And what a style he has! A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. You lovers of knowledge! So what have you done out of your love of knowledge up to now?

Have you already stolen and murdered so as to know how a thief and a murderer feels? The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more predict tomorrow than we can the weather.

Procrastination is the thief of dreams. If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. Brand a man as a thief and no one will ever hire him for honest labor - he will be a hardened robber within weeks.

The brand does not reveal a person's nature, it shapes it. You remember from watching the show, there are no "jokes. There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father's love for his child.

All I wanted to do was lie in the dry grass with my feet in a ditch forever. I could be a convenient sort of milemarker, I thought. Get to the thief and you know you're halfway to Methana. The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death? An inevitable happening, an uncertain pilgrimage, the tears of the living, the thief of man.

Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.

The Bible, which ranges over a period of four thousand years, records but one instance of a death-bed conversion the thief on the cross - one that none may despair, and but one that none may presume.

The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well. The older child who has lost or broken some valuable thing will be found when his parents return, not run away, not willing to confess, but in a deep sleep The thief whose case is being tried falls asleep.

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief. Age is a terrible thief. Just when you're getting the hang of life, it knocks your legs out from under you and stoops your back.

It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse. I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me. We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time.

Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming first a thief and then a corpse. Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire.

They call that sound business. I drive him to school, then I break back into Barron's house. Then I go home and shave until my skin is as slick as any slickster's. Evie replied with an eye-roll. Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner. To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman.

He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist. He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar. He stood for everything she feared and hated and despised; but she knew she could love him This was no choice made with the mind. Where some one else's welfare is concerned, a young girl becomes as ingenious as a thief.

Guileless where she herself is in question, and full of foresight for me,-she is like a heavenly angel forgiving the strange incomprehensible sins of earth. The "joker" here ["All Along the Watchtower" ] is the older [Bob] Dylan himself, whining about exploitation, and the thief's rejoinder re-contextualizes the earlier critique into the religious frames that would become more prominent as time went on. Those who possess that treasure which no thief can take away, Which, though on suppliants freely spent, increaseth day by day, The source of inward happiness which shall outlast the earth-- To them e'en kings should yield the palm, and own their higher worth.

Whatever life after death is, being with Christ which is far better, being in Paradise like the thief, etc, the many rooms where we go immediately The ultimate life after life after death is the resurrection in God's new world.

Do not procrastinate. Someone has said that procrastination is the thief of time. Actually, procrastination is much more. It is the thief of our self-respect. It nags at us and spoils our fun. It deprives us of the fullest realization of our ambitions and hopes.

Life everywhere is in vast and endless variety. So it is with life eternal, that gift of God, constituting, in its length and breadth and height and depth, the reward of the righteous. The penitent, dying thief is not going into heaven like the triumphant, dying Paul. He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words.

Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain. Votes: 3 Markus Zusak. I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was 'A Thief in the Village' by James Berry, and I thought, 'Is this still the state of publishing?

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To procrastinate means to intentionally and habitually delay or put off doing something till a later time. Postponing doing something is detrimental to yourself as well as others. It wastes your time and that of others. Why others? Because we are living in an interconnected world.

Whatever we do will always affect others in one way or another. The repercussions of your procrastination will not only hurt you but will cause a ripple effect to other things or people around you. For a student, missing deadlines for assignments or being late studying for exams can lead to bad grades and even failures. When you fail, you either have to repeat your year of study or retake the examination. This could add more to your already long list of tasks that you need to complete.

Not only time is wasted, but also money and resources. Those poor grades will definitely not look good on your testimonials. For an employee, procrastination can also lead to missed deadlines or sloppy work.

Procrastination will do you more harm than good as you are putting yourself under undue stress and pressure. This is definitely an unforgiveable act and could very well jeopardise your career. Doing things last minute can cause you a lot of stress. Procrastination is a stress because it often causes you to cram at the last minute. Stress affects your ability to think properly, remember things, process new information or be creative and critical.

When stress and anxiety attack you, you are mentally exhausted, and you will be easily distracted and prone to making costly and even harmful mistakes in your job. Stress can also cause a host of other symptoms like headaches, sleep disorders, vision problems, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal systems, to name but a few. Taking a few days leave to finish your work will not solve your problems as your pending work will accumulate during your absence and generates even more stress when you return.

Now, even if you managed to get by and submit your work before the deadline, you know for yourself how you have done. Knowing that you have submitted a less than acceptable quality job, you will continue to worry whether your submitted work meets the criteria set and will be approved by either your superior or your teacher. The fear of fiasco or failure will start to set in and haunt you day and night. Such worry and fear can affect a person with a low emotional and mental threshold, lead to breakdowns and depression.

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