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He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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.'
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
