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.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
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It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.'

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

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.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.