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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.
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.
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?
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
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.
