Now haste is ever the parent of failure.

ἐπειχθῆναι μέν νυν πᾶν πρῆγμα τίκτει σφάλματα

Herodotus

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Haste Business

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

Turkey Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 7, ch. 10.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7, ch. 10.

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