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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.]
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
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.
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?
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.