Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

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.'

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.

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.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

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

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