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Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
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.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
