To say that 'I will do it tomorrow' is to say that 'I will not do it at all.'
Stoic philosopher, former slave
Though the sentiment is strongly Stoic, this exact phrasing is not directly found in the extant works of Epictetus.
c. 108 AD (approximate)
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