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Delay: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger; And danger, like an ague, subtly taints Ev'n then when we sit idly in the sun.— T. C. iii. 3.

Sir, in delay We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day. R. J. i. 4.. Come, I have learn'd that fearful commenting Is leaden servitor to dull delay; Delay leads impotent and snail-pac'd beggary.— R. III. iv. 3.

Let's be revenged on him; let's appoint him a meeting, give him a show of comfort in his suit; and lead him on— M. W. ii. 1.

with a fine-baited delay. O, my good lord, that comfort comes too late; 'Tis like a pardon after execution; That gentle physic, given in time, had cur'd me; But now I'm past all comfort here, but prayers.— H. VIII. iv. 2

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