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Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.
Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
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.
