You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
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.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
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.