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Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
 Haste is slow.
 [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]  
 Haste is slow.
 [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.] 
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying read more
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
 Quick enough, if good enough.
 [Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]  
 Quick enough, if good enough.
 [Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.] 
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run 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.' 
 Hasten deliberately.
 [Lat., Festina lente.]  
 Hasten deliberately.
 [Lat., Festina lente.] 
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.