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Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying read more
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
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.'
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
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.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.