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He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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?
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Too great haste leads us to error.
[Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.]
Too great haste leads us to error.
[Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
