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> [Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/allow-time-and-moderate-delay-haste-manages-all-things-badly/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

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> [Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/give-time-and-permit-a-short-delay-impetuosity-ruins-everything/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/statius-30008_delay_give-time-and-permit-a-short-delay-impet_2579292.jpg)

> [Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/give-not-reins-to-your-inflamed-passions-take-time-and-a-little-delay/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

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## Other authors on Delay

## More by Statius

> [Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/allow-time-and-moderate-delay-haste-manages-all-things-badly/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Whoever truly worships the gods loves their priests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/whoever-truly-worships-the-gods-loves-their-priests/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/virtue-may-be-cheerful-without-forgetting-its-dignity/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when it is long deferred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/anguish-devours-the-mind-and-furious-rage-and-hope-than-which-the/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/it-is-an-honourable-thing-to-be-merciful-to-the-vanquished/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Heaven forbids that man should know What change tomorrow's fate may bring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/heaven-forbids-that-man-should-know-what-change-tomorrow-s-fate-may/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/take-time-for-deliberation-haste-spoils-everything/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/oh-how-cowardly-is-wickedness-always/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [ They send their shout to the stars. \[Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/they-send-their-shout-to-the-stars-lat-clamorem-ad-sidera-mittunt/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [ Fear in the world first created the gods. \[Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/fear-in-the-world-first-created-the-gods-lat-primus-in-orbe-deos/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/give-time-and-permit-a-short-delay-impetuosity-ruins-everything/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [Fear first made gods in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/fear-first-made-gods-in-the-world/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [ It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. \[Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/it-is-noble-to-grant-life-to-the-vanquished-lat-pulchrum-est-vitam/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [ A just fortune awaits the deserving. \[Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/a-just-fortune-awaits-the-deserving-lat-fors-aequa-merentes-respicit/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

> [What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/statius/what-the-morrow-s-years-might-bring-twas-sin-for-man-to-know/)

[Statius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/statius/)

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