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more haste, less speed

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Etymology

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The wordspeed is used here in the dated sense of “success, luck”, though probably with a pun on the sense “velocity”. Compare the same inLow Germanje gröter Hast, je minder Spood.

Proverb

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morehaste,lessspeed

  1. When one is in ahurry, one oftenends up having less success and completing a task more slowly.

Translations

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when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly

See also

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References

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  • George Latimer Apperson, Martin Manser,Dictionary of Proverbs, Wordsworth Editions, 2006, p. 394[1]
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