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		<title>Horace -- Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep.  4 &#8220;To Albius Tibullus,&#8221; l.  12ff (1.4.12-14) (20 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[’Mid hopes and fears and passion&#8217;s stormy strife Think, every day that dawns, the last of life: Thus shall each hour that lengthens nature&#8217;s treat, By coming unexpected, come more sweet. [Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum: Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.] (Source (Latin)). Other translations: Twixte [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>’Mid hopes and fears and passion&#8217;s stormy strife<br />
Think, every day that dawns, the last of life:<br />
Thus shall each hour that lengthens nature&#8217;s treat,<br />
By coming unexpected, come more sweet.</p>
<p><em>[Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras,<br />
Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum:<br />
Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.]</em></p>
<br><b>Horace</b> (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]<br><i>Epistles [Epistularum, Letters]</i>, Book 1, ep.  4 &#8220;To Albius Tibullus,&#8221; l.  12ff (1.4.12-14) (20 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Epodes_Satires_and_Epistles_of_Horac/TPgDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22mid%20hopes%20and%20fears%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0539%3Abook%3D1%3Apoem%3D4#:~:text=Inter%20spem%20curamque%2C%20timores%20inter%20et%20iras%0Aomnem%20crede%20diem%20tibi%20diluxisse%20supremum%2C%0Agrata%20superveniet%2C%20quae%20non%20sperabitur%20hora.">Source (Latin)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Twixte hope to have, and care to kepe, twixte feare and wrathe, awaye<br>
Consumes the time: eche daye that cummes thinke it the latter daye,<br>
The hower that cummes unloked for shall cum more welcum ay.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A03670.0001.001/1:7.3?rgn=div2;view=fulltext#:~:text=eche%20daye%20that,more%20welcum%20ay.">Drant</a> (1567)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When thou'rt tost up and down' twixt hope and care,<br>
Enflam'd with anger and shrunk up with fear:<br>
As soon as such a day is overpast,<br>
Comfort thy self, that that's to be the last:<br>
When an hour comes that brings thee joy and bliss,<br>
If unexpected, Oh! how grateful is!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a44478.0001.001;node=A44478.0001.001:8;seq=1;rgn=div1;view=text#:~:text=When%20thou%27rt%20tost,how%20grateful%20is!">A. B.</a>; ed. Brome (1666)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whilst mid'st strong hopes and fears thy time doth wast,<br>
Think every rising Sun will be thy last;<br>
And so the grateful unexpected Hour<br>
Of Life prolong'd, when come, will please the more.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a44471.0001.001;node=A44471.0001.001:8;seq=1;rgn=div1;view=text#:~:text=Whilst%20mid%27st%20strong,please%20the%20more">Creech</a> (1684)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">By hope inspir'd, deprest with fear, <br>
By passion warm'd, perplext with care,<br>
Believe that every morning's ray <br>
Hath lighted up thy latest day; <br>
Then, if to-morrow's sun be thine, <br>
With double lustre shall it shine.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresepistlesi00hora/page/178/mode/2up?q=%22By+hope+inspir%27d%2C%22">Francis</a> (1747)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>In the midst of hope and care, in the midst of fears and disquietudes, think every day that shines upon you is the last. [Thus] the hour, which shall not be expected, will come upon you an agreeable addition.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_works_of_Horace/First_Book_of_Epistles#:~:text=In%20the%20midst%20of%20hope%20and%20care%2C%20in%20the%20midst%20of%20fears%20and%20disquietudes%2C%20think%20every%20day%20that%20shines%20upon%20you%20is%20the%20last.%20%5BThus%5D%20the%20hour%2C%20which%20shall%20not%20be%20expected%2C%20will%20come%20upon%20you%20an%20agreeable%20addition.">Smart/Buckley</a> (1853)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be,<br>
And think each day that dawns the last you'll see;<br>
For so the hour that greets you unforeseen<br>
Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Satires,_Epistles_%26_Art_of_Poetry_of_Horace/Ep1-4#:~:text=Let%20hopes%20and,twice%20as%20keen.">Conington</a> (1874)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>'Twixt hopes and tremors, fears and frenzies passed,<br>
Regard each day as though it were thy last.<br>
So shall chance seasons of delight arise.<br>
And overtake thee with a sweet surprise.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/worksofhorace02horauoft/page/278/mode/2up?q=%22twixt+hopes+and+tremors%22">Martin</a> (1881)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Unswayed then either by hopes or fears, by apprehensive or angry feelings, regard each day, as it shines upon you, as your last. death will one day come upon you acceptably because unexpectedly.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_Horace/-f8pAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22unswayed%20then%22">Elgood</a> (1893)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Amid hopes and cares, amid fears and passions, believe that every day that has dawned is your last. Welcome will come to you another hour unhoped for.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresepistlesa00horauoft/page/276/mode/2up?q=%22Amid+hopes+and+cares%22">Fairclough</a> (Loeb) (1926)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Between your hopes<br>
And cares, between your rages and fears, believe<br>
That each day's down is the last to shine upon you:<br>
The unhoped-for hours will be welcome.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresanndepist0000hora/page/176/mode/2up?q=%22between+your+hopes%22">Palmer Bovie</a> (1959)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Among men’s cares and hopes, their fears and rages, <br>
count as your last each morning that illuminates the sky: <br>
then the next day, unhoped for, will always please you. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/horacessatiresep0000hora/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22among+men%27s+cares%22">Fuchs</a> (1977)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Live with hope and with fear, with worry and with angry passion,<br>
But expect every hour to be your last:<br>
Days come even more delightful, unexpected.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/essentialhoraceo0000hora/page/206/mode/2up?q=%22live+with+hope%22">Raffel</a> (1983)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Between hope and discouragement, fears, and angers, and such,<br>
Treat every new day as the last you're going to have,<br>
Then welcome the next as unexpectedly granted.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Epistles_of_Horace/FUyHO-GZ9A8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22between%20hope%22">Ferry</a> (2001)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>In a world torn by hope and worry, dread and anger,<br>
imagine every day that dawns is the last you'll see;<br>
the hour you never hoped for will prove a happy surprise.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresofhoracep00hora/page/82/mode/2up?q=%22in+a+world+torn%22">Rudd</a> (2005 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Beset by hopes and anxieties, indignation and fear,<br>
Treat every day that dawns for you as the last.<br>
The unhoped-for hour’s ever welcome when it comes.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/HoraceEpistlesBkIEpIV.php#:~:text=Beset%20by%20hopes,when%20it%20comes.">Kline</a> (2015)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2058 (1727)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Time will come when thou shalt desire one Day, or even one Hour to amend in, and I cannot say it will be granted thee.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Time will come when thou shalt desire one Day, or even one Hour to amend in, and I cannot say it will be granted thee.</p>
<br><b>Thomas Fuller</b> (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer<br><i>Introductio ad Prudentiam</i>, Vol. 2, # 2058 (1727) 
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		<title>Brown, Rita Mae -- Bingo (1988)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If it weren&#8217;t for the last minute, nothing would get done. The phrase can actually be found prior to Brown&#8217;s formulation (1, 2), but Brown appears to have been the first to popularize it, and it entered into much wider use after her. Frequent variant: &#8220;If not for the last minute &#8230;.&#8221;]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If it weren&#8217;t for the last minute, nothing would get done.</p>
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<br><b>Rita Mae Brown</b> (b. 1944) American author, playwright<br><i>Bingo</i> (1988) 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bingo/6_hvDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rita%20mae%20brown%20%22last%20minute%20nothing%22&pg=PA187&printsec=frontcover&bsq=rita%20mae%20brown%20%22last%20minute%20nothing%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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The phrase can actually be found prior to Brown's formulation (<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Subnotes/7JEiAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22weren%27t%20for%20the%20last%20minute%22">1</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Teleconnect/IRUXAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22last%20minute,%20nothing%22">2</a>), but Brown appears to have been the first to popularize it, and it entered into much wider use after her.<br><br>

Frequent variant: "If not for the last minute ...."						</span>
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