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On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Haste Quotes,
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Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
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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.

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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

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Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Haste Quotes,
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Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

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

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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.'

by William Shakespeare Found in: Haste Quotes,
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Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

by Al Bernstein Found in: Haste Quotes,
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Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

by Sir Thomas Browne Found in: Haste Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Haste Quotes,
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