Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Make haste slowly.

Make haste slowly.

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

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

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

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.'

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]

Quick enough, if good enough.
[Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.]

Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.

Then horn for horn they stretch and strive;
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.