Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for …

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Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him. ✨ Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). Lord Chesterfield's Letters, p.142, Oxford University Press
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