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Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
