Too great haste leads us to error.
MOLIERE
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Haste is a poor counselor.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas 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 he was worthless.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Make haste in giving voluntary charity, for calamities cannot pass by it.
Al-TabaraniAl-Tabarani Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
Adlai Stevenson IAdlai Stevenson I Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
Dallas WillardDallas Willard Men often marry in hasty recklessness and repent afterward all their lives.
MoliereMoliere Time glides with undiscover’d haste; The future but a length behind the past.
John DrydenJohn Dryden