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Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
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.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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.
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.]
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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?