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

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

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.

I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

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.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

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.]

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.]