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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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Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Haste Quotes,
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Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

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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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Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

by Augustus Caesar Found in: Haste Quotes,
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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?

by Saint Jerome Found in: Haste Quotes,
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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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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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Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

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