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festina lente

- Latin: make haste slowly
According to Suetonius (see De via Caesarum) it was a personal saying of Emperor Augustus, probably based on the ancient popular Greek motto "σπεῦδε βραδέως". This motto has been often associated to the anchor and the turtle. The meaning: any action should be performed with a proper balamce of urgency and diligence, in order to achieve a long term result

Translated by: ROBERT GRIGOR BAXTER

Synonym: make haste slowly
Synonym: more haste, less speed

Translated in 26 languages

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	Italian	festina lente; affrettati con lentezza
	Spanish	festina lente; vísteme despacio, que tengo prisa; apresúrate lentamente
	French	hâtez-vous lentement
	German	Eile mit Weile
	Russian	торопись медленно
	Arabic	مهلاً لأني مستعجل
	Afrikaans	haas jou langsaam
	Aragones	amanate amonico
	Basque	azkar iristeko, astiro joan
	Dutch	haast je langzaam
	Esperanto	rapidu malrapide
	Greek	σπεῦδε βραδέως
	Hebrew	תמהר באיטיות
	Hungarian	Lassan járj, tovább érsz!
	Latin	festina lente
	Latvian	steidzies lēnām
	Paduan	festina lente, va pian ma fa impressa
	Papiamentu	anshábo poko poko
	Polish	śpiesz się powoli
	Romanian	grăbește-te încet
	Serbian	пожури полако
	Swedish	skynda långsamt
	Traditional Chinese	欲速則不達
	Turkish	yavaşça acele et
	Umbro-sabino	sbrìgate lientu

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