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To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
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.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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?
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.