APAD: Haste makes waste

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The proverb "haste makes waste" is a rhyming variant of "more haste, less speed." It is first noted in 1542 in the English scholar Nicholas Udall's translation of "Apophthegmes" by Erasmus of Rotterdam. (An "apophthegm" is a concise saying or a short statement.

Actually, I have learned several alternatives

Like: look b4 u leap.   & so on