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C.N. Douglas, comp.  Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical.  1917.
 
Celerity
 
  Celerity is the lazy man’s enemy.
R. Lowe.    
  1
  Celerity wins the race.
Sir John Astley.    
  2
        Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Shakespeare.    
  3
  There is no secrecy comparable to celerity; like the motion of a bullet in the air, it flies so swift that it outruns the eye.
Bacon.    
  4
  The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.
Beaconsfield.    
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