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HASTE is from the Devil
1633Familiar Letters
5 Sept. (1903) II. 140
As it is a principle in chemistry that
Omnis festinatio est a Diabolo
, All haste comes from Hell, so in .. any business of State, all rashness and precipitation comes from an ill spirit.
1835
Doctor
III. lxxxiii.
If any of my readers should .. think that I ought to have proceeded to the marriage without delay .. I must admonish them in the words of a Turkish saying, that ‘hurry comes from the Devil, and slow advancing from Allah.’
1929
Times
12 Sept. 14
Listening patiently to the views .. [f]or he understood the East; he knew that for an Intelligence officer ‘haste is from the devil.’
haste;
patience and impatience
More HASTE, less speed
The original meaning of
speed
in this proverb is ‘quickness in the performance of some action or operation’.
c
1350
Douce MS
52 no. 86
The more hast, the worse spede.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
I. ii. A3
V
Moste tymes he seeth, the more haste the lesse speede.
1595
Locrine
(1908) I. ii.
My penne is naught; gentlemen, lend me a knife. I thinke the more haste the worst speed.
1705
Hudibras Redivivus
I. i.
A mod'rate pace is best indeed. The greater hurry, the worse speed.
1887
Springhaven
III. xi.
Some days had been spent by the leisurely Dutchman in providing fresh supplies, and the stout bark's favourite maxim seemed to be—‘the more haste the less speed.’
1919
Great House
xxvii.
Tell me the story from the beginning. And take time. More haste, less speed, you know.
1979
Member of Club
xvi.
If they'd taken a bit more time with the terrorist he'd have told them everything … More haste, less speed.
haste
;
patience and impatience
speed
in this proverb is ‘quickness in the performance of some action or operation’.
c1350
Douce MS
52 no. 86
The more hast, the worse spede.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
I. ii. A3
V
Moste tymes he seeth, the more haste the lesse speede.
1595
Locrine
(1908) I. ii.
My penne is naught; gentlemen, lend me a knife. I thinke the more haste the worst speed.
1705
Hudibras Redivivus
I. i.
A mod'rate pace is best indeed. The greater hurry, the worse speed.
1887
Springhaven
III. xi.
Some days had been spent by the leisurely Dutchman in providing fresh supplies, and the stout bark's favourite maxim seemed to be—‘the more haste the less speed.’
1919
Great House
xxvii.
Tell me the story from the beginning. And take time. More haste, less speed, you know.
1979
Member of Club
xvi.
If they'd taken a bit more time with the terrorist he'd have told them everything … More haste, less speed.
haste;
patience and impatience
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