festina lente
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I wanted to tell him about the labyrinth, about festina lente, about the Dictaphone in his glovebox.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2018
Sitting there you must embrace the ancient, contradictory notion of festina lente: to make haste slowly.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2018
Names existed before escutcheons and devices, and these are often mere puns, e.g., the Onslow family, of local origin, from Onslow in Shropshire, has adopted the excellent motto festina lente, "on slow."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Democracy in America has always proceeded with due reference to the prudential motto, festina lente.
From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by Fitzhugh, George
He has had much ado to get his squadron ready, for no nation understands better than the Spanish the virtue of the adage festina lente.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley
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