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The more haste, worse speed.
The more you hurry, the slower the overall result.
Warns that hurrying can delay completion rather than accelerate it.
المستعجل والبطي عند المعدية يلتقي
al-mustaʿjil wa-l-baṭīʾ ʿind al-maʿaddiyya yaltaqī
The one who hurries and the slow one meet at the ferry.
Hurrying gains nothing when the real bottleneck is outside the traveller’s control.
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Both sayings concede the goal but dispute hurrying as the method. Each warns that speed at the beginning need not produce an earlier finish.
The English member states a general paradox: haste makes the overall process slower. The Arabic member uses a specific Nile-ferry scene, where the hurried and slow travellers wait for the same departure. The source establishes historical Cairene context, not present-day usage.
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- John Lewis Burckhardt; edited by William Ouseley. Arabic Proverbs; or, The Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians. no. 52, p. 14 Reviewed 2026-08-24.
- G. L. Apperson. English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: A Historical Dictionary. p. 427, s.v. "More haste, worse speed, The" Reviewed 2026-08-24.