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Delay: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

All delays are dangerous in war.— DRYDEN — Tyrannic Love. Act I. Sc. 1.

Ah! nothing is too late Till the tired heart shall cease to palpitate.— LONGFELLOW — Morituri Saiutamus. St. 25.

Nulli jactantius mœrent quam qui maxime lætantur. None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart.— TACITUS — Annales. II. 77.

Hinc nunc præmium est, qui recta prava faciunt. There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong conduct appear right.— TERENCE — Phormio. VIII. 2. 6.

Nam qui mentiri, aut fallere insuêrit patrem, aut Audebit: tanto magis audebit cæteros. Pudore et liberalitate liberos Retinere satius esse credo, quam metu. For he who has acquired the habit of lying or deceiving his father, will do the same with less remorse to others. I believe that it is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect, and by gentleness, than by fear.— TERENCE — Adelphi. I. 1. 30.

Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem. One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.— ENNIUS — Quoted in CICERO.

Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est. When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long.— JUVENAL — Satire. VI. 221.

De morte hominis nulla est cunctatio longa. When the death of a human being may be the consequence, no delay that is afforded is long. Law Maxim. Tolle moras-semper nocuit differre paratis. Away with delay- it always injures those who are prepared.— LUCAN — Pharsalia. I. 281.

Longa mora est nobis omnis, quæ gaudia differt. Every delay that postpones our joys, is long.— OVID — Heroides. XIX. 3.

Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius. Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.— PLAUTUS — Pœnulus. III. 1. 1.

Omnis nimium longa properanti mora est. Every delay is too long to one who is in a hurry.— SENECA — Agamemnon. CCCCXXVI.

Quod ratio nequiit, sæpe sanavit mora. What reason could not avoid, has often been cured by delay.— SENECA — Agamemnon. CXXX.

Pelle moras; brevis est magni fortuna favoris. Away with delay; the chance of great fortune is short-lived.— SILIUS ITALICUS — Punica. IV. 734.

Deliberando sæpe perit occasio. The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.— SYRUS — Maxims.