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To do two things at once is to do neither.
To do two things at once is to do neither.
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.'
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.
The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
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.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Nay, but make haste, the better foot before.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
