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Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
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.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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.]
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
