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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.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
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?
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
