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> [“Scrutinise three times; act once. Young people don’t always grasp this. Being slow and faultless is better than being quick and final.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/scrutinise-three-times-act-once-young-people-don-t-always-grasp-this/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

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## More by Sten Nadolny

> [“Recognizing isn't at all like seeing; the two often don't even agree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/recognizing-isn-t-at-all-like-seeing-the-two-often-don-t-even-agree/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“There are two kinds: an eye for details, which discovers new things, and a fixed look that follows only a ready-made plan and speeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/there-are-two-kinds-an-eye-for-details-which-discovers-new-things-and/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“This gigantic figure grew effortlessly in his dream, emerging from the deceptively eternal expanse of the horizon; it was like a truth that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/this-gigantic-figure-grew-effortlessly-in-his-dream-emerging-from-the/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“That’s because the most competent among them will always try to change that small part of the world which they know. One of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/that-s-because-the-most-competent-among-them-will-always-try-to/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“Listening to Aunt Eliza, one could learn that when people talk too fast the content becomes as superfluous as the speed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/listening-to-aunt-eliza-one-could-learn-that-when-people-talk-too/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“On Sunday, May 23rd, 1819, all of our people embarked..." "Our people?" But they went on board themselves, not just some other people that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/on-sunday-may-23rd-1819-all-of-our-people-embarked-our-people-but/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“Only those could maintain certainty who were themselves of great permanence – like the stars, the mountains and the sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/only-those-could-maintain-certainty-who-were-themselves-of-great/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“Only those could maintain certainty who were themselves of great permanence – like the stars, the mountains and the sea. And they in turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/only-those-could-maintain-certainty-who-were-themselves-of-great-2/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“Nothing can be predicted. Nobody can give a reason why something happened in this way and not in another. Stronger than all predictions are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/nothing-can-be-predicted-nobody-can-give-a-reason-why-something/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“Scrutinise three times; act once. Young people don’t always grasp this. Being slow and faultless is better than being quick and final.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/scrutinise-three-times-act-once-young-people-don-t-always-grasp-this/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“When somebody says something that’s correct, he has no need to look good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/when-somebody-says-something-that-s-correct-he-has-no-need-to-look/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“All at once John was strong enough to bear the impatience of others, and with that the game was at an end. He moved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/all-at-once-john-was-strong-enough-to-bear-the-impatience-of-others/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

> [“We don't see the world as a botanist who is at the same time an architect, a physician, a geologist, and a ship's captain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sten-nadolny/we-don-t-see-the-world-as-a-botanist-who-is-at-the-same-time-an/)

[Sten Nadolny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sten-nadolny/)

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