If you hasten you will not get there. In spite of the saint's advice the teamster hastens and breaks his wagon.
Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L148.1
Motif
Cited in the index
- general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 255
- general Alphabet No. 324.
Within the index
Filed under Slowness surpasses haste.
Carried in tale types
- Festina lente (Haste Makes Waste) · ATU 288B** 1 recorded variant
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