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Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
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.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
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.'
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
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.]