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Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
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.'
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.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
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.]