Good and quickly seldom meet.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Slowly but surely.
- Slow and steady Wins the race.
- Out of the frying pan into the fire.
- Rome was not built in one day.
- More haste, less speed.
- Make haste slowly.
- Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea.
- Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
- Today a man, tomorrow a mouse.
- Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
- Out of the peat-pot into the mire.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Qui nimis propere, minus prospere.
Those who are too hasty, less successful.
French
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Vite et bien se trouvent rarement ensemble.
Fast and good are rarely found together.
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Trop grande hâte est cause de retard.
Too much haste causes delay.
German
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Wer zu sehr eilt, kommt gern zu spät.
Those who hurry too much like to be late.
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Schnell und gut sitzen nicht unter einem Hut.
Fast and good do not sit under the same hat.
Czech
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Spěšná práce nad výdělkem pláče.
The rush job cries over the earnings.
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K dobré věci přináleží chvíle.
There is a moment for a good thing.
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Spěšné dílo nerado se daří.
The hasty work does not like to thrive.
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Spěšné dílo nebývá dobré.
Hasty work is not good.
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Kvapky mívají hapky.
Drops have haptics.