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The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
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.]
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
