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haste_makes_waste

haste makes waste

English

Proverb

haste makes waste

One makes mistakes when being too hasty.

Synonyms

look before you leap

Translations

one makes mistakes when being too hasty

Arabic: فِي الْعَجَلَة اَلنَّدَامَة ‎(fī l-ʿajala n-nadāma)
Azeri: tələsən təndirə düşər
Chinese:
Mandarin: 欲速則不達 (zh), 欲速则不达 (zh) ‎(yù sù zé bù dá)
Czech: práce kvapná, málo platná
Danish: hastværk er lastværk
Dutch: haastige spoed is zelden goed, haast en spoed is zelden goed
Finnish: ei ole hoppu hyväksi eikä kiire kunniaksi (fi)
French: hâte rend déchets
Georgian: მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო ‎(močkares mougviandeso)
German: Eile mit Weile
Hungarian: lassan járj, tovább érsz (hu)

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

See also

more haste, less speed

References

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 128.