Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run 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.'

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Nothing is more vulgar than haste.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

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.

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.