A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

queer see there’s NOWT so queer as folk.
quench see DIRTY water will quench fire.
question see ASK a silly question and you get a silly answer; ASK no questions and hear no lies; a CIVIL question deserves a civil answer; FOOLS ask questions that wise men cannot answer; there are TWO sides to every question.
QUICKLY come, quickly go
Similar to EASY come, easy go.

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  1583 B. MELBANCKE Philotimus 151 Quickly spent, thats easely gotten. 1631 J. MABBE tr. F. de Rojas’ Celestina I. 8 Quickly be wonne, and quickly be lost. 1869 W. C. HAZLITT English Proverbs 322 Quickly come, quickly go. 1947 C. MACKENZIE Whisky Galore iii. Quick come, quick go. The wind got up in a moment and it will drop just as suddenly. 1979 N. GOLLER Tomorrow’s Silence iv. ‘Was he alright when you came home?’.. ‘Yes, what comes quickly must go quickly, that’s what I say.’ ■ getting and spending
  

quickly see also he GIVES twice who gives quickly.
quiet see the best DOCTORS are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman.
quote see the DEVIL can quote Scripture for his own ends.
The RACE is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong
With allusion to ECCLESIASTES ix. 11 (AV) The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

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  1632 BURTON Anatomy of Melancholy (ed. 4) II. iii. It is not honesty, learning, worth, wisdome, that preferres men, The race is not to the swift, nor the battell to the stronger [1638 strong]. 1873 C. M. YONGE Pillars of House III. xxxii. Poor child! she lay.. trying to work out.. why the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. 1901 G. B. SHAW Caesar & Cleopatra in Three Plays for Puritans 96 The descendants of the gods did not stay to be butchered, cousin. The battle was not to the strong; but the race was to the swift. 2002 Washington Times 7 Mar. A16 The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong—but how come? One good reason: Ours is an imperfect world, full to the brim with imperfect people. ■success