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'more haste, less speed'
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what does:
'more haste, less speed' mean? And is this right?!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It means that if you try to do something too fast, it often goes wrong and/or you have to do it again, so you spend more time on it than if you'd tackled it a little slower the first time. The problem is that very often you don't realise you're doing something too fast until it does go wrong, at which point it's too late!
I read the http://www.dictionary.com/
definition of haste which implies an 'overeagerness to act'. However the Oxford dictionary states that haste simply means 'excessive speed or urgency of action' which seems to make the phrase make more sense.
"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."
William Shakespeare