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Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
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.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.