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The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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.'