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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.]
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.
Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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.
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]