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“Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record.”

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In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.

Laozi

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Haste in every business brings failures.

Herodotus

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Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste: Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

William Shakespeare

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Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.

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Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.

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Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.

Edmund Spenser

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Publish in haste and repent at leisure.

Mason Cooley

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My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but…

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Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.

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Fish slowly and thoroughly. Haste never paid dividends. Never wory about the fellow ahead of you. If you start racing to get ahaead of…

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