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Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
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.]
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.
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?
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.