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Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: An essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by A. Murphy] Poems.- v. 2-4. The rambler.- v. 5. The idler. History of Rasselas, prince of Abissinia.- v. 6-8. The lives of the English poets.- v. 9. Lives of eminent persons. Letters, selected from the collection of Mrs. Piozzi and others. Prayers and meditations.- v. 10. Philological tracts, &c.- v. 11. Miscellaneous tracts, &c. Dedications. Reviews and criticisms. Tales of imagination. The adventurers.-

“I am doing my best to find it. I will find it before the public finds it. I will get out of it before it's too late. The reason I will do that is because that's what I'm paid to do.”

Reason Economy Late Paid Too Late Before It's Too Late

Author:Jim Cramer

“At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.”

Ends Literature Middle Late Bottom Saving Too Late Savings

Author:Hesiod

“There was a small boy on crutches. I do not know his name, and I suspect I never will. But I will never forget his face, his smile, his sorrow. He is one of the millions robbed of hope and dignity by charlatans discussed in this book. Wherever and whoever he is, I apologize to him for not having been able to protect him from such an experience. I humbly dedicate this book to him and to the many others who have suffered because the rest of us began caring too late.”

Source: The Faith Healers

“People permit life to slide past them like a deft pickpocket, their purse-not yet missed and now too late-in his hand.”

People Life Hands Past Late Too Late Permit Slides Purses

Book:A Kind of Magic

Source: A Kind of Magic

“I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.”

People Thinking Trying Important Play Age Able Past Generations Talent Late Horse Tricks Too Late Barns Past Generations

Author:Clint Eastwood

“Scholars have been arguing for a long time whether the Soviet Union could have been turned into some kind of social democracy. I doubt it myself. I think what Gorbachev didn't quite understand, until it was too late, is that his efforts at change unleashed new, certrifical forces he hadn't counted on. He opened the door a crack and a huge wind blew it open.”

“No matter how much you screw up your own life by the wrong decisions that you make, it's never too late to do the right thing and change your ways and you can teach old dogs new tricks.”

Way Matter Decision Teach Dog Late Tricks Right Thing Too Late Screws Screw Ups Never Too Late Old Dog Wrong Decision

Author:Will Ferrell

“I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.”

Acting Childhood Late Performing Too Late Grownups

Author:Katherine Waterston

“Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.”

Men Effects Late Tales Too Late Falsehood Jest Limping

Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c

Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c

“Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.”

Late Glory Too Late Ashes

Author:Martial

“Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.”

May Disease Late Medicine Too Late Disorder Delay

Author:Ovid

“We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.”

Should Knowledge Late Too Late Live And Learn

Author:Carolyn Wells

“Self-loathing is the silent hemorrhaging of the soul. You don't feel or see the life force fleeing until it's not longer there, and then, of course, it's too late.”

Feels Soul Self Courses Force Late Silent Too Late Loathing Self Loathing Fleeing

Book:Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self

Source: Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self

“When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.”

Late Too Late Retreat Armour

Author:Juvenal

“Nobody will use other people's experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.”

People Use Late Experience Too Late

Book:Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of

Source: Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of

“It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.”

Trying Children Persons Principles Late Plant Too Late Neglected Never Too Late

Book:Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys & A Sequel - Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out (Children’s Classics Series – Illustrated Edition)

Source: Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys & A Sequel - Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out (Children’s Classics Series – Illustrated Edition)

“The etiquette business has its emergencies, heaven knows, but it is in the nature of etiquette emergencies that once one realizes what one has done, it is too late. One might as well get a good night's sleep and send flowers with an apology in the morning.”