By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.
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Six years--six little years--six drops of time.
Six years--six little years--six drops of time.
What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to read more
What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to go down.
Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight read more
Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not read more
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Laurel crowned Horatius
True, how true the saying,
Swift as wind flies over us
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Laurel crowned Horatius
True, how true the saying,
Swift as wind flies over us
Time devouring, slaying.
[Lat., Lauriger Horatius
Quam dixisti verum;
Fugit curo citius
Tempus edax rerum.]
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch read more
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch in the night.
Procastination is the thief of Time.
Procastination is the thief of Time.
