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Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
 Quick enough, if good enough.
 [Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]  
 Quick enough, if good enough.
 [Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.] 
 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.] 
 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. 
 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.