haste makes waste

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39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فِي الْعَجَلَة اَلنَّدَامَة (fī l-ʕajala n-nadāma) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Arabic: العجلة من الشيطان — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Libyan Arabic: استعجل تبطى وتاكل خبطة — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Azerbaijani: tələsən təndirə düşər — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Bulgarian: бързата работа - срам за майстора (bǎrzata rabota - sram za majstora) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Bulgarian: бързата кучка слепи ги ражда (bǎrzata kučka slepi gi ražda) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Chinese Mandarin: 欲速則不達 /欲速则不达 (yù sù zé bù dá) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Czech: práce kvapná málo platná — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Czech: práce kvapná, málo platná — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Danish: hastværk er lastværk — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Dutch: haastige spoed is zelden goed — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Finnish: ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• French: hâte rend déchets — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Galician: as présas nunca son boas — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Georgian: მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო (močkares mougviandeso) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• German: Eile mit Weile — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Hindi: जल्दी काम शैतान का (jaldī kām śaitān kā) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Hungarian: lassan járj, tovább érsz — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Hungarian: hamar munka ritkán jó — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Icelandic: flas er ekki til fagnaðar — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Italian: la gatta frettolosa fece i gattini ciechi — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Japanese: 急がば回れ — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Japanese: 果報は寝て待て — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Japanese: 急いては事を仕損じる — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Macedonian: брза кучка слепи кучиња раѓа (brza kučka slepi kučinja raǵa) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Mongolian: яарвал даарна ядарвал өлсөнө (jaarval daarna jadarval ölsönö) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Norwegian Bokmål: hastverk er lastverk — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hastverk er lastverk — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Persian: عجله کار شیطان است ('ajale kâr-e šeytân ast) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Polish: co nagle, to po diable — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Polish: gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Portuguese: a pressa é a inimiga da perfeição — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Romanian: graba strică treaba — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Spanish: las prisas no son buenas consejeras — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Swahili: haraka haraka haina baraka — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Swedish: skynda långsamt — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Turkish: acele işe şeytan karışır — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Udmurt: дыртон дыръя уж уг пӧрмы (dyrton dyrja už ug pörmy) — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes
• Vilamovian: ny moh nist cy byhend, do der daj at ny śent — being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes