"A gun is like breath to a drowning man--it has to be drawn in haste."
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"To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed."
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"Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him."
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"The more haste, ever the worst speed."
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"My day shall be filled to overflowing, yet shall I not haste the day; nor shall I waste the day."
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"I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting."
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"Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent."
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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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"Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude."
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"Good and quickly seldom meet."
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"Festina lente. Make haste slowly."
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"Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply."
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"Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest."
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"Stay awhile that we may make an end the sooner."
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"Modest wisdom plucks me from over-credulous haste."
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"One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity."
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"Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction."
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"We should never stand upon ceremony with sincerity. We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if there were present the kernel of worth and friendliness. We should not meet thus in haste."
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"When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?"
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"Haste is a poor counselor"
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