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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?
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce read more
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
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.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
