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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.