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The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
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.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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?
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
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.