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I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
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.
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.