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Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
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.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
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.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
