It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
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It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.'

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Make haste slowly.

Make haste slowly.

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.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.