haste makes waste

English

being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes

Italian: la gatta frettolosa fece i gattini ciechi
Japanese: 急がば回れ (ja), 果報は寝て待て, 急いては事を仕損じる
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hastverk er lastverk

Nynorsk: hastverk er lastverk
Persian: عجله کار شیطان است‎ (ajaleh kaar-e sheytaan ast)
Polish: co nagle, to po diable (pl), gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy (pl)
Portuguese: a pressa é a inimiga da perfeição
Russian: поспеши́шь — люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ — ljudéj nasmešíšʹ)
Swahili: haraka haraka haina baraka
Turkish: acele işe şeytan karışır
Vilamovian: ny moh nist cy byhend, do der daj at ny śent

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 128.

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