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He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]