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Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Celerity is never more admired
Than by the negligent.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Nothing is more vulgar than haste.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
Hasten deliberately.
[Lat., Festina lente.]
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
He gets through too late who goes too fast.
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.
I go, I go, look how I go,
Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.