Famous quotes containing the word slow:
“Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.”
—Thomas Brackett Reed (18391902)
“See, they return; ah, see the tentative
Movements, and the slow feet,
The trouble in the pace and the uncertain
Wavering!”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“They are tireless folk, but slow and sad
Though two, close-keeping, are lass and lad
With none among them that ever sings....”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
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