Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."
τὸ πρῶτον δ᾿ ὑπὸ τῆς ὀξύτητος μὴ συναρπασθῇς, ἀλλ᾿ εἰπὲ 'ἔκδεξαί με μικρόν, φαντασία· ἄφες ἴδω τίς εἶ καὶ περὶ τίνος, ἄφες σε δοκιμάσω.'
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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Reported in Bartlett's Quotations (1919) as "Be not hurried away by excitement, but say, "Semblance, wait for me a little".