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Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
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.]
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.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
