make haste slowly
Latin translation: Festina lente
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Festina lente Explanation: http://www.festinalente.nl/b_motto.html Adage II i 1 (1001) carries as its title Festina lente which may be translated as make haste slowly. In its extensive commentary Erasmus discusses his experiences with printers in an aside which has contributed much its fame. Festina lente belongs to a class of proverbs characterized by enantiosis, or the contrast of opposites. Erasmus says that the proverb was derived from a line in the Knights of Aristophanes, Make haste with speed, a clear case of anadiplosis, or the forceful doubling of the same idea. Erasmus praises the proverb in the following way: |
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