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Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
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.
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.