‘A' in gude time,’ replied the jagger [pedlar]; ‘hurry no man's cattle.’
[1822 Scott Pirate I. ix.]
Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to have a donkey of your own. Sometimes said to an impatient child.
[1907 W. C. Hazlitt English Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases 236]
I knew that in due time he would tell me the result of these mental exercises; in the meantime I stood by the old adage—hurry no man's cattle.
[1932 J. S. Fletcher Murder of Ninth Baronet xxi.]
Related to: patience and impatience
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