
“Do it now if you can, when you can. Sometimes later goes for never.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Do it now if you can, when you can. Sometimes later goes for never.”
Reflections on the Psalms (1958), p. 73
“For why do you hasten to remove things that hurt your eyes, but if anything gnaws your mind, defer the time of curing it from year to year?”
Nam cur
quae laedunt oculum festinas demere; si quid
est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum?
Book I, epistle ii, lines 37–39; translation by C. Smart
Epistles (c. 20 BC and 14 BC)
“tt>break; /* don't do magic till later */</tt”
Source code, <code>stab.c</code>