more haste, less speed
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The word speed is used here in the dated sense of “success, luck”, though probably with a pun on the sense “velocity”. Compare the same in Low German je gröter Hast, je minder Spood.
Proverb[edit]
Translations[edit]
when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly
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References[edit]
- George Latimer Apperson, Martin Manser, Dictionary of Proverbs, Wordsworth Editions, 2006, p. 394 [1]