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Haste: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Then horn for horn they stretch and strive; Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive.— BURNS — To a Haggis.

Haste is of the Devil. The Koran. Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner. n. Attributed to SIR AMICE PAWLET by BACON. Apothegms. No. 76. On wings of winds came flying all abroad.— POPE — Prologue to the Satires. L. 208.

Celerity is never more admired Than by the negligent.— Shakespeare — Antony and Cleopatra. Act III. Sc. 7. L. 25.

He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes; With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.— Shakespeare — Richard II. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 36.

It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say "It lightens."— Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 118.

Nay, but make haste; the better foot before. S.— Shakespeare — King John. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 170.

Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 119.

Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow. Midsummer-Night's Dream. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 101. Wisely, and slow; they stumble that run fast.— Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 94.

Le trop de promptitude à l'erreur nous expose. Too great haste leads us to error.— MOLIÈRE — Sganarelle. I. 12.