Greek Proverb of the Day: October 8

Here is today's proverb from the blog with a LOLcat and vocabulary too! This is a repeat of a proverb you've seen before, but the vocabulary list is new. The vocabulary links go to Logeion.

Σπεῦδε βραδέως.

• σπεῦδε, from σπεύδω (imperative).
• βραδέως, from βραδύς (adverb).

Σπεῦδε βραδέως.

Hurry up slowly.

In other words: don't be slow, but don't be too fast either! This phrase became popular as a Latin saying, which has its own Wikipedia article: Festina lente. Compare a similarly paradoxical English saying: "More haste, less speed."

And here's a quiz covering the past three cats (answers at the blog only, not in the email):

Μνήμην ______.

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Μνήμην καμήλου.

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Μίδου ______.

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Μίδου χρήματα.

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Σπεῦδε ______.

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Σπεῦδε βραδέως.

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And to finish up, here's a random LOLCat too:

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