“Make haste; delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.”
Book I, line 281 (tr. J. D. Duff).
Pharsalia
Original
Tolle moras: semper nocuit differre paratis.
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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus 58
Roman poet 39–65Related quotes
“Victory comes only to those prepared to make it, and take it.”
Patriot Games (1987)
1980s
“Today, let us make haste to enjoy life. Who knows if we will be tomorrow?”
Hâtons-nous aujourd'hui de jouir de la vie. Qui sait si nous serons demain?
Athalie, act II, scene IX.
Athalie (1691)
“Expectation makes a long delay.”
Traits and Trials of Early Life (1836)
As quoted in Houghton, Mifflin, Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men (1882), p. 25
Variant translations: "Hurry slowly"; or, "Hasten slowly." Originally quoted in Greek, in Suetonius, II. Augustus, section 25, but better known in the Latin form, as reported in Chambers Dictionary of Quotations (1997), p. 50
“Courage can bring huge benefits to those who are prepared.”
“God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves.”
Speech in Weimar http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/38-11-06.htm, 6 November 1938
1930s
Clary and Jace, pg. 313
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
Context: "Well, when I was five, I wanted my mother to let me go around and around inside the dryer with the clothes," Clary said. "The difference is, she didn't let me."
"Probably because going around and around inside a dryer can be fatal," Jace pointed out, "whereas pasta is rarely fatal. Unless Isabelle makes it."
St. 25.
The Devil's Walk http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/shelley/devil/devil.rs1860.html (1799)