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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Sluggard

Be slow in giving advice, ready to do a service.

Be slow to believe an evil report; deliberate well before repeating it.

Be slow to offend, swift to revenge.(An inscription on a dagger.)

Be slow to promise, quick to perform.

Slow and sure.

Slow at meat, slow at work.

Slow rises wealth by poverty depressed.Dr. Johnson.