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• Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Kindness, Obligation, Ingratitude

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• Haste is slow.
  [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

  Quintus Curtius Rufus

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• Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

  Thomas Chandler Haliburton

  Catching

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• To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Suffering, Littles

  Plato (1871). “Gorgias. Philebus. Parmenides. Theaetetus. Sophist. Statesman”, p.547

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• At once, good night-
  Stand not upon the order of your going,
  But go at once.

  William Shakespeare

  Good Night, Goodnight, Order

  'Macbeth' (1606) act 3, sc. 4, l. 119

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• Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Powerful, Work, Bigs

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.142, Oxford University Press

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• Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short; He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes; With eager feeding doth choke the feeder; Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

  William Shakespeare

  Mean, Fire, Vanity

  1595 John of Gaunt, to Richard. Richard II, act 2, sc.1, l.31-4.

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• Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.

  Aaron Hill

  Judging, Youth, Mediums

  Aaron Hill (1777). “Alzira: A Tragedy”, p.40

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• Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Happiness, Patience, Time

  Soren Kierkegaard (1946). “Either/or”

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• Don't judge a book by its cover 'til you've read the book.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Inspirational, Book, Haste Makes Waste

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• Haste is of the Devil.

  St. Jerome

  Catholic, Devil

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• Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste.

  William Shakespeare

  Weed, Sweet, Flower

  William Shakespeare, James R. Siemon (2009). “King Richard III: Third Series”, p.240, A&C Black

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• Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure; Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.

  William Congreve

  Marriage, Grief, High Heels

  "The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar: With Biographical and Critical Notices".

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• Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

  Oliver Herford

  Inspirational, Witty, Drinking

  "Attributed to Oliver Herford in "Speaker's Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms" (p. 187)". 1955.

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• The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

  Maria Mitchell

  Character, Safety, Southern

  Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”

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• On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

  Alexander Pope

  Wind, Wings, Flying

  Alexander Pope (1873). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward”, p.277

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• Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

  Horatio Nelson

  Hands, Legs, Arms

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.422, Cambridge University Press

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• No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

  Will Durant

  Success, Work, Men

  Will Durant (2011). “The Life of Greece: The Story of Civilization”, p.419, Simon and Schuster

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• Wishing you happiness always! Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. . . . . Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

  Max Ehrmann

  Life, Beautiful, Dream

  "Desiderata" (1927).

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• Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.

  Samuel Johnson

  Giving, Desire, Delay

  Samuel Johnson (1810). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An essay on his life and genius”, p.174

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• If you complain about the world moving too fast, slow down.

  Michael Dolan

  Moving, Complaining, World

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• One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Obscurity, Effects, Pernicious

  Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.54

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• Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Quality, Heat, Absence

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. V (in 51 Volumes)”, p.217, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Good and quickly seldom meet.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.310

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• The greatest assassin of life is haste, the desire to reach things before the right time which means overreaching them.

  Juan Ramon Jimenez

  Time, Mean, Desire

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