Festina Lenté

Festina lente () or speûde bradéōs (, ) is a classical adage and oxymoron meaning "make haste slowly" (sometimes rendered in English as "more haste, less speed"). It has been adopted as a motto numerous times, particularly by the emperors Augustus and Titus, then later by the Medicis and the Onslows.
The original form of the saying, speũde bradéōs, is Classical Greek, of which festina lente is the Latin translation. The words and festina are... plus