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festina lente

American  
[fes-tee-nah len-te, fe-stahy-nuh len-tee, fe-stee-nuh len-tey] / fɛsˈti nɑ ˈlɛn tɛ, fɛˈstaɪ nə ˈlɛn ti, fɛˈsti nə ˈlɛn teɪ /
Latin.
  1. make haste slowly.


festina lente British  
/ fɛsˈtiːnə ˈlɛntɪ /
  1. hasten slowly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sitting there you must embrace the ancient, contradictory notion of festina lente: to make haste slowly.

From New York Times Jul. 23, 2018

I wanted to tell him about the labyrinth, about festina lente, about the Dictaphone in his glovebox.

From New York Times Jul. 23, 2018

He would gain more in the end if he would festina lente.

From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill

So festina lente, my destined Sylvia, festina lente!

From Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance by Le Gallienne, Richard

The motto of Buller's Army was festina lente and its track towards Ladysmith was in zigzag.

From A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans by

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