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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.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
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.
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?
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
