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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.]
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
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.'
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.