Never act hastily. Consider carefully what you are going to do before you do it. It might be said that this contradicts the other proverb He who hesitates is lost, but this is not necessarily so; if you look before you leap, decide that you can get across in safety, then hesitate at the very last moment, you’ll probably fall in!
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