To always be intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it—this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed.

—Sir Walter Scott

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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.

—Sir Walter Scott

History

26 Jan 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

To always be intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it — this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed.