Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Festination may prove Precipitation;
Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Stand not upon the order of your going,
But go at once.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner.

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.'

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

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

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

He gets through too late who goes too fast.

Too great haste leads us to error.
[Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.]

Too great haste leads us to error.
[Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.]

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

The more haste, ever the worst speed.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.