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To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]