Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea. 
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.
- 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
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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The hasty bitch brings forth blind whelps.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Canis festinans caecos parit catulos.
A dog in haste gives birth to blind puppies.
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Festinatio tarda est.
Haste is slow.
French
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Qui se hâte trop se fourvoie.
If you hurry too much, you make a mistake.
German
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Eilte der Hund nicht, so gebüre er nicht blinde Junge.
If the dog did not hurry, it would not give birth to blind boys.
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Die eilende Hündin wirft blinde Junge.
The hurrying bitch throws blind boy.
Czech
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Jestli příliš kvapíš, snadno ježka lapíš.
If you drip too much, you'll easily catch a hedgehog.
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Ukvapilého i stůl trkne.
The hasty man's table will crash.
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Chvat si láme nohy.
Chvat is breaking his legs.
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Spěch brzo umírá.
Haste dies early.