To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

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.'

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.]

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.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.