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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.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
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.]
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
