Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

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.]

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.'

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.