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Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
 Haste is slow.
 [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]  
 Haste is slow.
 [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.] 
 Stand not upon the order of your going,
 But go at once.  
 Stand not upon the order of your going,
 But go at once. 
 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.' 
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying read more
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
 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.] 
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.