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Benjamin Franklin

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

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Benjamin Franklin is saying that you should allocate enough time to do tasks properly because rushing often leads to mistakes and wasted effort. When you hurry too much, you end up losing more time and resources than if you had worked carefully from the start.

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