QVOD CITO FIT, CITO PERIT.

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Vt subitò incensa est stipularum flamma, citoque
In cineres, stipulâ deficiente, cadit:
Sic properatus Amor subitò euanescit in auras.
Principium feruens sæpe tepere solet.

Soon kindled soon consumed.

Straw straightwayes kindled is, & straightwayes it doth flame,
But as it kindleth soon soon it consumes away,
So loue enkindled soon doth eu’n asson decay,
All thinges begun in haste end also as thesame.

Presto acceso, presto spento.

Ratto la paglia s’arde, oltre misura,
Ma si tosto si estingue che si alluma:
Presto arso Amore, presto si consuma.
Violente prinçipio poco dura.

Haest ontseken/ haest vergaen.

Het stroo men lichtelick doet bouen maten blaken/
Dan soo haest het ontsteeckt/ soo haest het oock vergaet:
De Liefd’ die haest ontvonckt/ niet langh stantvastigh staet.
’t Onmatelick beghin duert niet van gheene saken.

Chose hastée n’est de durée.

La paille vistement auec grand bruit s’allume,
Mais dure peu de temps: en vn volage esprit,
Bien tost l’Amour s’embrace, ains s’enuole, & perit
Aussi tost que conceu; leger comme vne plume.

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Wat snel komt, vergaat snel.

What is coming quickly is dying quickly.

Zoals vuur van stro snel oplaait en snel tot as vervalt omdat het stro opraakt, zo vervliegt snel opkomende liefde ook weer snel in de lucht. Een razendsnel begin is vaak snel lauw..

Like fire in straw blazes up quickly and quickly turns into ashes because the straw is running out, love that is coming quickly will evaporate soon. Often a raging begin is soon tepid.

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 46

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Sources and parallels

Quod cito fit, cito perit [57] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)) [Compare]
Parallel for the pictura, the Latin quote and the theme: Un Amour au dessus d’un feu de paille (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Un Amour au dessus d’un feu de paille (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
Quod cito fit, cito perit [57] (in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618))

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A cupid with an arrow in his hand is hovering above a straw fire

fire (one of the four elements) [21C]
mountains [25H11]
flying [31A2762]
burning as process: straw [41B12(STRAW)]
on fire, ablaze [41B4]
quiver [45C23]
agricultural products and by-products: straw [47I17(STRAW)]
Fast Motion [51M1]
Short Felicity; 'Felicité breve' (Ripa) [56B22]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(QUOD CITO FIT, CITO PERIT)]
Cupid handling his weapons [92D152]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(ARROW)]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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Quod cito fit, cito perit [110]

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