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Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
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.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
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.]
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.