A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
拖延症
Procrastination
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
拖延是机会的杀手。
I've been on a calendar, but never on time.
我一直在日程表上，但从来没有准时过。
Never leave that to tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日毕。
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
拖延是赶上昨天的艺术。
It is too late to cover the well when the child is drowned.
孩子淹死时，再盖井就太晚了。
If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.
如果你今天没有准备好，明天就更不用说了。
My evil genius has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.
我的邪恶的天才低声对我说，让我等待一个更合适的季节。
It is too late to throw water on the cinders when the house is burnt down.
房子被烧毁时，再往煤渣上泼水就太晚了。
Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
今日事今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。拖延就是浪费时间。
Don't postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.
不要等到吸取了所有的教训后才去享受快乐。快乐是你的功课。
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
多么奇妙啊，没有人需要等待片刻才开始改善世界。
I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.
我不喜欢被隐藏的东西包围;你在建筑物和汽车里看不到的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
拖延是把前天应该做的事拖到后天的坏习惯。
He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
他每天早上都在计划着一天的事务，并遵循着这个计划，他身上带着一根线，这条线将指引他穿过最忙碌生活的迷宫。
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
拖延症是最常见和最致命的疾病之一，它对成功和幸福的影响是巨大的。
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
律师的首要准则是勤奋，就像其他所有职业的人一样。今天能做的事，不要留到明天。
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
我不等待情绪。如果你那样做，你将一事无成。你的大脑必须知道它必须开始工作。
Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.
长期以自我导向方式工作的学者们，可能尤其容易拖延:调查显示，绝大多数大学生都在拖延，有关拖延症的文献中的文章常常暗指作者自己在完成作品时遇到的问题。