APAD: Haste makes waste

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

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• 欲速則不達。心急吃不了熱豆腐。 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 06:57:16

• 顧後瞻前，猶豫不決。都隻能表達一半意思 -66的山梁- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 08:07:56

• 慎思篤行，臻於至善 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 10:30:43

• Haste tastes waste. -妖妖靈- ♀ (185 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 11:17:45

• 抓住！不許跑了。哈哈 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 11:36:13

• In jiu-jitsu, we say "Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast." -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 12:47:02

• speeding get tickets -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 14:20:18

• That’ll be easy as many are cops on the mat :) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/24/2023 postreply 14:34:29