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Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
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It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 'It lightens.'
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
