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Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce read more
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying read more
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.
