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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.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
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.'
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
