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Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
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.
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.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.