“Whatever is produced in haste goes easily to waste.”
Saadi book Gulistan of Sa'di
Source: Gulistan (1258), Chapter 8, story 36
“Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste,
Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.”
Some things that provoke young men to wed in haste,
Show after wedding, that haste makes waste.
Part I, chapter 2.
Proverbs (1546)
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