more haste, less speed

English

when one is in a hurry, one often ends up completing a task more slowly

Hungarian: lassan járj, tovább érsz (hu)
Italian: presto e bene raro avviene
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hastverk er lastverk

Nynorsk: hastverk er lastverk
Polish: gdy się człowiek śpieszy, to się diabeł cieszy
Romanian: graba strică treaba
Russian: ти́ше е́дешь, да́льше бу́дешь (tíše jédešʹ, dálʹše búdešʹ) (the slower you ride, the farther you'll get), поспешишь — люде́й насмешишь (pospešíšʹ), поспешишь — люде́й насмешишь (ljudéj nasmešíšʹ) (if you do it in a hurry, you’ll make people laugh)
Spanish: Vísteme despacio, que tengo prisa

George Latimer Apperson, Martin Manser, Dictionary of Proverbs, Wordsworth Editions, 2006, p. 394

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