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To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
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.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
