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A quotation from Cicero

It was this fear which led me into the snare of procrastination. But if I make haste now I regain all; if I delay I lose all.
 
[Hoc verens in hanc tarditatem incidi. Bed adsequar omnia si propero: si cunctor, amitto.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 10, Letter 8, sec. 5 (10.8.5) (49 BC) [tr. Jeans (1880), # 71]

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WIST Quotations · Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 10, Letter 8, sec. 5 (10.8.5) (49 BC) [tr. Jeans (1880), # 71] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST QuotationsIt was this fear which led me into the snare of procrastination. But if I make haste now I regain all; if I delay I lose all. [Hoc verens in hanc tarditatem incidi. Bed adsequar omnia si propero: si cunctor, amitto.] On the concerning prospect of Caesar and Pompey reconciling…