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Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
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.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
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.'
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.