Make haste slowly.
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.
- Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea.
- Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
- Good and quickly seldom meet.
- Today a man, tomorrow a mouse.
- Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
- Out of the peat-pot into the mire.
Related proverbs
Equal proverbs in another language
Latin
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Festina lente!
Make haste slowly!
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Lente properare memento.
Remember to go slow.
French
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Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à temps.
There's no point in running, you have to leave on time.
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On ne fait pas les affaires en courant.
You can't do business by running.
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Il faut faire feu qui dure.
We need a fire that lasts.
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Hâtez-vous lentement.
Make haste slowly.
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Qui juge précipitamment, juge ordinairement mal.
Those who judge hastily usually judge badly.
German
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Eile mit Weile.
Haste makes waste.
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Schritt vor Schritt kommt auch ans Ziel.
Step by step also gets to the destination.
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Wer Eile hat, der geht langsam.
If you're in a hurry, go slow.
Czech
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Spěchej pomalu.
Hurry slowly.
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Spěchej, ale nepomlať si nohy.
Hurry, but don't hurt your feet.
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Spěchej, ale nezlámej si nohy.
Hurry, but don't break your legs.
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Ne vždycky sluší kvapiti.
It is not always fitting to drip.