Slow

Famous quotes containing the word slow:

“The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.”
—Bible: New Testament St. Paul, in Titus, 1:12.

Cited by Paul, this remark is attributed to Epimenides.

“Condemned to Hope’s delusive mine,
As on we toil from day to day,
By sudden blasts or slow decline
Our social comforts drop away.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“All-devouring time, envious age,
Nought can escape you, and by slow degrees,
Worn by your teeth, all things will lingering die.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)