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
The motto of the natural oak is festina lente, mindful of the proverb, "early maturity means early decay."
From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Savory, Arthur H.
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
It is in more classical dialect, the festina lente motion.
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore
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