the sharper the storm, the sooner it’s over
- the sharper the storm, the sooner it’s over
Cf. SENECA Natural Questions VII. ix. procellae, quanto plus habent virium, tanto minus temporis, the harder storms are, the shorter they last.
1872 F. KILVERT Diary 9 June (1977) II. 207 Mrs. Vaughan will have a good family soon. Her children come fast. But the harder the storm the sooner ’tis over.
1913 Folk-Lore XXIV. 76 The sharper the storm, the sooner it’s over.
2002 Washington Post 11 Feb. C13 (One Big Happy comic strip) ‘She’ll be very, very angry!’ ‘I know, but the sharper the storm, the sooner it’s over.’ ‘I’m about to be killed, and you’re giving me weather reports?!’
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