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Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
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.
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.'
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
