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Sir Amyas Pawlet, when he saw too much haste made in any matter, was wont to say, "Stay awhile, that we may make an end the sooner. - Francis Bacon Haste is always ungraceful. - Lady Marguerite Blessington, Countess of Blessington Haste turns usually upon a matter of ten minutes too late, and may be avoided by a habit like that of Lord Nelson, to which he ascribed his success in life, of being ten minutes too early. - Christian Nestell Bovee Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation. - Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals (pt. I, sec. XXIII), (paraphrasing Caesar) Then horn for horn they stretch and strive; Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive. - Robert Burns, To a Haggis Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron) Hasten deliberately. [Lat., Festina lente.] - Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus), quoting a Greek proverb, according to Aullus Gellius (X, 11, 5) Hasten slowly. [Lat., Festina lente.] - Augustus Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus) Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. Haste and hurry are very different things. - 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope The more haste, ever the worst speed. - Charles Churchill, The Ghost (bk. IV, l. 1162) Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. - Confucius No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized. - William James (Will) Durant Fraud and deceit are ever in a hurry. Take time for all things. Great haste makes great waste. - Benjamin Franklin Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it with speed to heaven. - Thomas Fuller (1) I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon. - Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer (act I, sc. 2) Hurry is only admissible in catching flies. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton (used pseudonym Sam Slick) Quick enough, if good enough. [Lat., Sat cito, si sat bene.] - Saint Jerome (Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius, called Hieronymus), Epistle (LXVI, par. 9), (Valler's ed.) One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Haste is of the Devil. - Koran What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? - Karl Kraus It is of no use running; to set out betimes is the main point. - Jean de la Fontaine All haste implies weakness. - George MacDonald Too great haste leads us to error. [Fr., Le trop de promptitude a l'erreur nous expose.] - Moliere (pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin), Sganarelle (I, 12) Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner. - attributed to Sir Amice Pawlet (Amias or Amyas) (Paulet or Poulet), Apothegms (no. 76), by Bacon On wings of wind came flying all abroad. - Alexander Pope, Prologue to the Satires (l. 208) Displaying page 1 of 2 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2
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