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Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
On wings of wind came flying all abroad.
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce read more
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
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?
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
